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patch

(păch)

a. A small piece of material affixed to another, larger piece to conceal, reinforce, or repair a worn area, hole, or tear.

b. A small piece of cloth used for patchwork.

2. A small cloth badge affixed to a garment as a decoration or an insignia, as of a military unit.

a. A dressing or covering applied to protect a wound or sore.

b. A pad or shield of cloth worn over an eye socket or an injured eye.

c. A transdermal patch.

4. See beauty spot.

a. A small piece, part, or section, especially that which differs from or contrasts with the whole: a patch of thin ice; patches of sunlight.

b. A small plot or piece of land, especially one that produces or is used for growing specific vegetation: a briar patch; a bean patch.

6. An indefinite period of time; a spell: weathered a difficult patch after losing his job.

7. A temporary, removable electronic connection, as one between two components in a communications system.

8. Computers A piece of code added to software in order to fix a bug, especially as a temporary correction between two releases.

v. patched, patch·ing, patch·es

v.tr.

1. To put a patch or patches on: patched my pants.

2. To make by sewing scraps of material together: patch a quilt.

3. To mend, repair, or put together, especially hastily, clumsily, or poorly: They patched together the broken statues with glue and plaster. The delegates will be forced to patch up their differences.

4. To connect temporarily (electronic components), as with a patch cord.

5. Computers To correct a bug in (an item of software), especially as a temporary correction between releases.

v.intr.

Electronics To be connected temporarily.

[Middle English pacche, perhaps alteration of pece, pecche, piece; see piece.]

patch′a·ble adj.

patch′er n.

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Noun

patching - the act of mending a hole in a garment by sewing a patch over it

fixing, repair, mend, mending, reparation, fix, fixture - the act of putting something in working order again

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His clothes had been made of some stuff that was brown holland probably, but it was covered with patches all over, with bright patches, blue, red, and yel- low,--patches on the back, patches on front, patches on elbows, on knees; colored binding round his jacket, scar- let edging at the bottom of his trousers; and the sun- shine made him look extremely gay and wonderfully neat withal, because you could see how beautifully all this patching had been done.

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