patch

Definitions

1. 1noun

   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.

2. 2noun

   A small piece of anything used to repair a breach; as, a patch on a kettle, a roof, etc.

3. 3noun

   A small piece of black silk stuck on the face, or neck, to hide a defect, or to heighten beauty.

4. 4noun

   A piece of greased cloth or leather used as wrapping for a rifle ball, to make it fit the bore.

5. 5noun

   Fig.: Anything regarded as a patch; a small piece of ground; a tract; a plot; as, scattered patches of trees or growing corn.

6. 6noun

   A block on the muzzle of a gun, to do away with the effect of dispart, in sighting.

7. 7noun

   A paltry fellow; a rogue; a ninny; a fool.

8. 8transitive verb

   To mend by sewing on a piece or pieces of cloth, leather, or the like; as, to patch a coat.

9. 9transitive verb

   To mend with pieces; to repair with pieces festened on; to repair clumsily; as, to patch the roof of a house.

10. 10transitive verb

    To adorn, as the face, with a patch or patches.

11. 11transitive verb

    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.

12. 12noun

    a piece of soft material that covers and protects an injured part of the body

    Synonyms

    bandage
13. 13noun

    a protective cloth covering for an injured eye

14. 14noun

    sewing that repairs a worn or torn hole (especially in a garment)

    "her stockings had several mends"

    Synonyms

    darnmend
15. 15noun

    a piece of cloth used as decoration or to mend or cover a hole

16. 16noun

    a connection intended to be used for a limited time

17. 17noun

    a small contrasting part of something

    "a bald spot"

    "a leopard's spots"

    Synonyms

    dapplefleckmaculationspecklespot
18. 18noun

    a short set of commands to correct a bug in a computer program

19. 19noun

    a small area of ground covered by specific vegetation

    "a bean plot"

    "a cabbage patch"

    Synonyms

    plot
20. 20noun

    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"

    Synonyms

    piecespellwhile
21. 21verb

    repair by adding pieces

    "She pieced the china cup"

    Synonyms

    piece
22. 22verb

    mend by putting a patch on

    "patch a hole"

23. 23verb

    to join or unite the pieces of

    "patch the skirt"

    Synonyms

    piece
24. 24verb

    provide with a patch; also used metaphorically

    "The field was patched with snow"