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PATCH
bandage, patch
(noun) a piece of soft material that covers and protects an injured part of the body
eyepatch, patch
(noun) a protective cloth covering for an injured eye
mend, patch, darn
(noun) sewing that repairs a worn or torn hole (especially in a garment); “her stockings had several mends”
patch
(noun) a piece of cloth used as decoration or to mend or cover a hole
spot, speckle, dapple, patch, fleck, maculation
(noun) a small contrasting part of something; “a bald spot”; “a leopard’s spots”; “a patch of clouds”; “patches of thin ice”; “a fleck of red”
patch
(noun) a short set of commands to correct a bug in a computer program
plot, plot of land, plot of ground, patch
(noun) a small area of ground covered by specific vegetation; “a bean plot”; “a cabbage patch”; “a briar patch”
while, piece, spell, patch
(noun) a period of indeterminate length (usually short) marked by some action or condition; “he was here for a little while”; “I need to rest for a piece”; “a spell of good weather”; “a patch of bad weather”
piece, patch
(verb) repair by adding pieces; “She pieced the china cup”
patch, patch up
(verb) mend by putting a patch on; “patch a hole”
patch, piece
(verb) to join or unite the pieces of; “patch the skirt”
patch
(verb) provide with a patch; also used metaphorically; “The field was patched with snow”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Noun
patch (plural patches)
A piece of cloth, or other suitable material, sewed or otherwise fixed upon a garment to repair or strengthen it, especially upon an old garment to cover a hole.
A small piece of anything used to repair damage or a breach; as, a patch on a kettle, a roof, etc.
A repair intended to be used for a limited time; (differs from previous usage in that it is intended to be a temporary fix and the size of the repair is irrelevant).
This usage can mean that the repair is temporary because it is an early but necessary step in the process of properly, completely repairing something,
A small, usually contrasting but always somehow different or distinct, part of something else (location, time, size)
(specifically) A small area, a small plot of land or piece of ground.
A local region of professional responsibility.
(historical) A small piece of black silk stuck on the face or neck to heighten beauty by contrast, worn by ladies in the 17th and 18th centuries; an imitation beauty mark.
(medicine) A piece of material used to cover a wound.
(medicine) An adhesive piece of material, impregnated with a drug, which is worn on the skin, the drug being slowly absorbed over a period of time.
(medicine) A cover worn over a damaged eye, an eyepatch.
A block on the muzzle of a gun, to do away with the effect of dispart, in sighting.
(computing) A patch file, a file that describes changes to be made to a computer file or files, usually changes made to a computer program that fix a programming bug.
(firearms) A small piece of material that is manually passed through a gun barrel to clean it.
(firearms) A piece of greased cloth or leather used as wrapping for a rifle ball, to make it fit the bore.
(often, patch cable, patch cord, etc.; see also patch panel) A cable connecting two pieces of electrical equipment.
A sound setting for a musical synthesizer (originally selected by means of a patch cable).
(printing, historical) An overlay used to obtain a stronger impression.
Synonyms
• (piece of black silk): beauty spot
• (a small, distinct part of something larger): section, area, blotch, spot, period of time, spell, stretch
• (a small area, plot of land, or piece of ground): tract
• (computing: file describing changes): diff file
Verb
patch (third-person singular simple present patches, present participle patching, simple past and past participle patched)
To mend by sewing on a piece or pieces of cloth, leather, or the like
To mend with pieces; to repair by fastening pieces on.
To make out of pieces or patches, like a quilt.
To join or unite the pieces of; to patch the skirt.
To employ a temporary, removable electronic connection, as one between two components in a communications system.
• The Matrix Revolutions, Scene: Starting the Logos, 00:43:09 - 00:43:32
(generally with the particle "up") To repair or arrange in a hasty or clumsy manner
(computing) To make the changes a patch describes; to apply a patch to the files in question. Hence
To fix or improve a computer program without a complete upgrade.
To make a quick and possibly temporary change to a program.
To connect two pieces of electrical equipment using a cable.
Synonyms
• See also repair
Etymology 2
Noun
patch (plural patches)
(archaic) A paltry fellow; a rogue; a ninny; a fool.
Anagrams
• chapt, p'tcha
Etymology
Proper noun
Patch
A surname.
Anagrams
• chapt, p'tcha
Source: Wiktionary
Patch, n. Etym: [OE. pacche; of uncertain origin, perh. for placche; cf. Prov. E. platch patch, LG. plakk, plakke.]
1. A piece of cloth, or other suitable material, sewed or otherwise fixed upon a garment to repair or strengthen it, esp. upon an old garment to cover a hole. Patches set upon a little breach. Shak.
2. Hence: A small piece of anything used to repair a breach; as, a patch on a kettle, a roof, etc.
3. A small piece of black silk stuck on the face, or neck, to hide a defect, or to heighten beauty. Your black patches you wear variously. Beau. & Fl.
4. (Gun.)
Definition: A piece of greased cloth or leather used as wrapping for a rifle ball, to make it fit the bore.
5. Fig.: Anything regarded as a patch; a small piece of ground; a tract; a plot; as, scattered patches of trees or growing corn. Employed about this patch of ground. Bunyan.
6. (Mil.)
Definition: A block on the muzzle of a gun, to do away with the effect of dispart, in sighting.
7. A paltry fellow; a rogue; a ninny; a fool. [Obs. or Colloq.] "Thou scurvy patch." Shak. Patch ice, ice in overlapping pieces in the sea.
– Soft patch, a patch for covering a crack in a metallic vessel, as a steam boiler, consisting of soft material, as putty, covered and held in place by a plate bolted or riveted fast.
Patch, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Patched; p. pr. & vb. n. Patching.]
1. To mend by sewing on a piece or pieces of cloth, leather, or the like; as, to patch a coat.
2. To mend with pieces; to repair with pieces festened on; to repair clumsily; as, to patch the roof of a house.
3. To adorn, as the face, with a patch or patches. Ladies who patched both sides of their faces. Spectator.
4. To make of pieces or patches; to repair as with patches; to arrange in a hasty or clumsy manner; -- generally with up; as, to patch up a truce. "If you'll patch a quarrel." Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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