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Meaning of 'patch' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Patch [ n.]
- 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.
- A small piece of anything used to repair a breach; as, a patch on a kettle, a roof, etc.
- A small piece of black silk stuck on the face, or neck, to hide a defect, or to heighten beauty.
- A piece of greased cloth or leather used as wrapping for a rifle ball, to make it fit the bore.
- Fig.: Anything regarded as a patch; a small piece of ground; a tract; a plot; as, scattered patches of trees or growing corn.
- A block on the muzzle of a gun, to do away with the effect of dispart, in sighting.
- A paltry fellow; a rogue; a ninny; a fool.
2 . Patch [ v. t.]
- To mend by sewing on a piece or pieces of cloth, leather, or the like; as, to patch a coat.
- To mend with pieces; to repair with pieces festened on; to repair clumsily; as, to patch the roof of a house.
- To adorn, as the face, with a patch or patches.
- 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.

Meaning of 'patch' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . patch [ n]
Meaning (1):
- a small contrasting part of something
Example in sentence:
  • a bald spot;
  • a fleck of red;
  • a leopard's spots;
  • a patch of clouds;
  • patches of thin ice
Meaning (2):
- a small area of ground covered by specific vegetation
Example in sentence:
  • a bean plot;
  • a briar patch;
  • a cabbage patch
Meaning (3):
- a period of indeterminate length (usually short) marked by some action or condition
Example in sentence:
  • a patch of bad weather;
  • a spell of good weather;
  • he was here for a little while;
  • I need to rest for a piece
Meaning (4):
- sewing that repairs a worn or torn hole (especially in a garment)
Example in sentence:
  • her stockings had several mends
5 . patch [ v]
Meaning (5):
- mend by putting a patch on
Example in sentence:
  • patch a hole
Meaning (6):
- to join or unite the pieces of
Example in sentence:
  • patch the skirt
Meaning (7):
- repair by adding pieces
Example in sentence:
  • She pieced the china cup
Meaning (8):
- provide with a patch; also used metaphorically
Example in sentence:
  • The field was patched with snow

Nearby Words:

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