patch 1 (p ch)n. 1. 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. 3. 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. 5. 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. Computer Science 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. 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. Computer Science 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, pieche, piece; see piece.] patch  a·ble adj.patch er n. |
| patch 2 (pch) n. A fool or clown; a dolt. [Perhaps from Italian dialectal paccio, from Old Italian.] |
patch [pætʃ]
n
1. (Clothing, Personal Arts & Crafts / Knitting & Sewing)
a. a piece of material used to mend a garment or to make patchwork, a sewn-on pocket, etc.
b. (as modifier) a patch pocket
2. a small piece, area, expanse, etc.
3. (Earth Sciences / Physical Geography)
a. a small plot of land
b. its produce a patch of cabbages
4. (Social Science / Human Geography) a district for which particular officials, such as social workers or policemen, have responsibility he's a problem that's on your patch, John
5. (Medicine / Pathology) Pathol any discoloured area on the skin, mucous membranes, etc., usually being one sign of a specific disorder
6. (Medicine) Med
a. a protective covering for an injured eye
b. any protective dressing
7. (Clothing & Fashion) an imitation beauty spot, esp one made of black or coloured silk, worn by both sexes, esp in the 18th century
8. (Military) Also called flash US an identifying piece of fabric worn on the shoulder of a uniform, on a vehicle, etc.
9. a small contrasting section or stretch a patch of cloud in the blue sky
10. a scrap; remnant
11. (Electronics & Computer Science / Computer Science) Computing a small set of instructions to correct or improve a computer program
12. Austral informal the insignia of a motorcycle club or gang
a bad patch a difficult or troubled time
not a patch on Informal not nearly as good as
vb (tr)
1. (Clothing, Personal Arts & Crafts / Knitting & Sewing) to mend or supply (a garment, etc.) with a patch or patches
2. to put together or produce with patches
3. (Clothing, Personal Arts & Crafts / Textiles) (of material) to serve as a patch to
4. (often foll by up) to mend hurriedly or in a makeshift way
5. (often foll by up) to make (up) or settle (a quarrel)
6. (Electronics) to connect (electric circuits) together temporarily by means of a patch board
7. (Electronics & Computer Science / Telecommunications) (usually foll by through) to connect (a telephone call) by means of a patch board
8. (Electronics & Computer Science / Computer Science) Computing to correct or improve (a program) by adding a small set of instructions
[C16 pacche, perhaps from French pieche piece]
patchable adj
patcher n
| patch (pch) 1. A temporary, removable electronic connection, as one between two components in a communications system. 2. A piece of code added to software in order to fix a bug, especially as a temporary correction between two versions of the same software. |
Patch a collection or mass of floating ice floes; a patch or small amount of something; a scrap or remnant.
Examples: patch of earth, 1684; of ice floes, 1820; of philosophy, 1529; of poetry, 1633; of potatoes, 1894; of snow, 1807; of sunlight.
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
| Noun | 1. |  patch - 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"marking - a pattern of marks nebula - (pathology) a faint cloudy spot on the cornea splash - a patch of bright color; "her red hat gave her outfit a splash of color" plaque - (pathology) a small abnormal patch on or inside the body macule, macula - a patch of skin that is discolored but not usually elevated; caused by various diseases mock sun, parhelion, sundog - a bright spot on the parhelic circle; caused by diffraction by ice crystals; "two or more parhelia are usually seen at once" macula, sunspot - a cooler darker spot appearing periodically on the sun's photosphere; associated with a strong magnetic field facula - a large bright spot on the sun's photosphere occurring most frequently in the vicinity of sunspots facula - a bright spot on a planet |
| 2. | patch - a small area of ground covered by specific vegetation; "a bean plot"; "a cabbage patch"; "a briar patch" bed - a plot of ground in which plants are growing; "the gardener planted a bed of roses" garden - a plot of ground where plants are cultivated | |
| 3. | patch - a piece of cloth used as decoration or to mend or cover a hole flash - a bright patch of color used for decoration or identification; "red flashes adorned the airplane"; "a flash sewn on his sleeve indicated the unit he belonged to" pasty - (usually used in the plural) one of a pair of adhesive patches worn to cover the nipples of exotic dancers and striptease performers piece of cloth, piece of material - a separate part consisting of fabric shoulder patch - patch worn on the shoulder of a military uniform to indicate rank | |
| 4. | patch - 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" time - an indefinite period (usually marked by specific attributes or activities); "he waited a long time"; "the time of year for planting"; "he was a great actor in his time" cold snap, cold spell - a spell of cold weather hot spell - a spell of hot weather snap - a spell of cold weather; "a cold snap in the middle of May" | |
| 5. | patch - a short set of commands to correct a bug in a computer program computer program, computer programme, programme, program - (computer science) a sequence of instructions that a computer can interpret and execute; "the program required several hundred lines of code" | |
| 6. | patch - a connection intended to be used for a limited time connecter, connector, connective, connection, connexion - an instrumentality that connects; "he soldered the connection"; "he didn't have the right connector between the amplifier and the speakers" lash-up, contrivance - any improvised arrangement for temporary use | |
| 7. |  patch - sewing that repairs a worn or torn hole (especially in a garment); "her stockings had several mends" | |
| 8. |  patch - a protective cloth covering for an injured eyecloth covering - a covering made of cloth | |
| 9. |  patch - a piece of soft material that covers and protects an injured part of the bodyadhesive bandage - bandage consisting of a medical dressing of plain absorbent gauze held in place by a plastic or fabric tape coated with adhesive capeline bandage - bandage that covers the head or an amputation stump like a cap plaster bandage, plaster cast, cast - bandage consisting of a firm covering (often made of plaster of Paris) that immobilizes broken bones while they heal compression bandage, tourniquet - bandage that stops the flow of blood from an artery by applying pressure medical dressing, dressing - a cloth covering for a wound or sore elastic bandage - a bandage containing stretchable material that can apply local pressure four-tailed bandage - a bandage consisting of a strip of cloth split in two on both ends; the central part is placed under the chin to restrict motion of the mandible and the tails are tied over the top of the head gauze, gauze bandage - (medicine) bleached cotton cloth of plain weave used for bandages and dressings immovable bandage - a bandage of cloth impregnated with a substance (e.g., plaster of Paris) that hardens soon after it is applied oblique bandage - a bandage in which successive turns proceed obliquely up or down a limb roller bandage - bandage consisting of a strip of sterile fabric (of variable width) rolled into a cylinder to facilitate application scarf bandage, triangular bandage, sling - bandage to support an injured forearm; consisting of a wide triangular piece of cloth hanging from around the neck suspensory, suspensory bandage - a bandage of elastic fabric applied to uplift a dependant part (as the scrotum or a pendulous breast) truss - (medicine) a bandage consisting of a pad and belt; worn to hold a hernia in place by pressure | |
| Verb | 1. | patch - to join or unite the pieces of; "patch the skirt" |
| 2. | patch - provide with a patch; also used metaphorically; "The field was patched with snow" | |
| 3. | patch - mend by putting a patch on; "patch a hole" fix, furbish up, mend, repair, bushel, doctor, touch on, restore - restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken; "She repaired her TV set"; "Repair my shoes please" conciliate, patch up, reconcile, settle, make up - come to terms; "After some discussion we finally made up" | |
| 4. | patch - repair by adding pieces; "She pieced the china cup" |
patch
noun
3. reinforcement, piece of fabric, piece of cloth, piece of material, piece sewn on jackets with patches on the elbows
verb
1. (often with up) mend, cover, fix, repair, reinforce, stitch (up), sew (up) They patched the barn roof. elaborately patched blue jeans
not be a patch on something or someone not be as good as, not hold a candle to He's not a patch on his predecessor.
patch someone up treat, operate on, mend, perform surgery on The surgeons patched him up after the accident.
patch something up
1. settle, make friends, placate, bury the hatchet, conciliate, settle differences, smooth something over He's trying to patch things up with his wife.
Translations
patch [pætʃ]
A. N
1. (= mend) (on clothing) → remiendo m, parche m; (on tyre, wound) → parche m
this book's not a patch on the other one → este libro no tiene ni punto de comparación con el otro
this book's not a patch on the other one → este libro no tiene ni punto de comparación con el otro
2. (= stain) → mancha f; (= small area) → pedazo m
a patch of oil → una mancha de aceite
a patch of blue sky → un pedazo de cielo azul, un claro
a patch of blue flowers → un área de flores azules
the team is going through a bad patch → el equipo está pasando por una mala racha
then we hit a bad patch of road → dimos luego con un tramo de carretera bastante malo
a patch of oil → una mancha de aceite
a patch of blue sky → un pedazo de cielo azul, un claro
a patch of blue flowers → un área de flores azules
the team is going through a bad patch → el equipo está pasando por una mala racha
then we hit a bad patch of road → dimos luego con un tramo de carretera bastante malo
4. (= territory) → territorio m
but this is their patch → pero éste es territorio de ellos
they must get off our patch → tienen que largarse de nuestro territorio
but this is their patch → pero éste es territorio de ellos
they must get off our patch → tienen que largarse de nuestro territorio
5. (Comput) → ajuste m
B. VT [+ garment, hole] → remendar, poner remiendos a
a pair of patched jeans → unos vaqueros con remiendos
a pair of patched jeans → unos vaqueros con remiendos
patch together VT + ADV [+ solution, agreement, coalition, government] → improvisar
patch up VT + ADV [+ clothes] → remendar provisionalmente; [+ car, machine] → arreglar provisionalmente; [+ cut, wound] → vendar; [+ marriage, relationship] → salvar
the doctor soon patched him up → el doctor enseguida le curó las heridas
to patch things up (with sb) → hacer las paces(con algn)
they patched up their differences → resolvieron sus diferencias
the doctor soon patched him up → el doctor enseguida le curó las heridas
to patch things up (with sb) → hacer las paces(con algn)
they patched up their differences → resolvieron sus diferencias
patch [ˈpætʃ]
n
[material] → pièce f
He wore a black patch over one eye
BUT Il avait un bandeau noir sur l'œil.
a patch of material → une pièce de tissu
He wore a black patch over one eye
BUT Il avait un bandeau noir sur l'œil.
a patch of material → une pièce de tissu
(= small area) [land] → parcelle f; [grass] → carré m
a damp patch → une tache d'humidité
a bare patch (on lawn) → un endroit dégarni
bald patch
He's got a bald patch → Il a le crâne dégarni. vegetable patch
a damp patch → une tache d'humidité
a bare patch (on lawn) → un endroit dégarni
bald patch
He's got a bald patch → Il a le crâne dégarni. vegetable patch
(= stain) → tache f
patch
patch:
n
it’s/he’s not a patch on … (Brit inf) → das/er ist gar nichts gegen …
(= small area, stain) → Fleck m; (= piece of land) → Stück nt; (= subdivision of garden) → Beet nt; (= part, section) → Stelle f; (of time) → Phase f; (inf, of policeman, prostitute) → Revier nt; a patch of blue sky → ein Stückchen nt → blauer Himmel; purple patches on the skin → violette Flecke auf der Haut; patches of colour → Farbtupfer pl; a patch of oil → ein Ölfleck m; patches of sunlight dappled the floor of the forest → (die) Sonnenstrahlen tanzten auf dem Waldboden; the cabbage patch → das Kohlbeet; we drove through a few patches of rain on our way here → wir hatten auf dem Weg stellenweise Regen; there were sunny patches during the day → hin und wieder schien die Sonne; he’s going through a bad or rough patch at the moment → ihm gehts im Augenblick nicht sonderlich gut
(Comput) → Korrekturroutine f
vt → flicken; this piece of cloth will just patch that hole nicely → dieses Stück Stoff ist gerade richtig für das Loch; a new government was hastily patched together → in aller Eile wurde eine neue Regierung zusammengeflickt or -gestückelt
patch:
patch kit
n → Flickzeug nt
patch pocket
n → aufgesetzte Tasche
patch-up
n (inf) → Flickwerk nt no art
patch [pætʃ]
patch [pætʃ]
1. n (piece of cloth, material) → toppa, pezza; (on tyre) → toppa; (eye patch) → benda; (area of colour, spot) → macchia; (piece of land) → appezzamento, pezzo
a patch of blue sky → un pezzetto di cielo azzurro
a vegetable patch → un orticello
the team is going through a bad patch → la squadra sta attraversando un brutto periodo
it's not a patch on the other one (fam) → non vale neanche la metà dell'altro
a patch of blue sky → un pezzetto di cielo azzurro
a vegetable patch → un orticello
the team is going through a bad patch → la squadra sta attraversando un brutto periodo
it's not a patch on the other one (fam) → non vale neanche la metà dell'altro
2. vt (garment, hole) → rattoppare, mettere una pezza a
patch together vt + adv (cobble together, agreement, strategy) → mettere insieme alla meglio; (article, report) → cucire insieme alla meglio
patch up vt + adv (clothes) → rattoppare; (car, machine) → riparare alla meglio; (quarrel) → appianare; (marriage) → rimettere in sesto
patch [pætʃ]
1. n (piece of cloth, material) → toppa, pezza; (on tyre) → toppa; (eye patch) → benda; (area of colour, spot) → macchia; (piece of land) → appezzamento, pezzo
a patch of blue sky → un pezzetto di cielo azzurro
a vegetable patch → un orticello
the team is going through a bad patch → la squadra sta attraversando un brutto periodo
it's not a patch on the other one (fam) → non vale neanche la metà dell'altro
a patch of blue sky → un pezzetto di cielo azzurro
a vegetable patch → un orticello
the team is going through a bad patch → la squadra sta attraversando un brutto periodo
it's not a patch on the other one (fam) → non vale neanche la metà dell'altro
2. vt (garment, hole) → rattoppare, mettere una pezza a
patch together vt + adv (cobble together, agreement, strategy) → mettere insieme alla meglio; (article, report) → cucire insieme alla meglio
patch up vt + adv (clothes) → rattoppare; (car, machine) → riparare alla meglio; (quarrel) → appianare; (marriage) → rimettere in sesto
n patch [pӕtʃ]
1 a piece of material sewn on to cover a hole She sewed a patch on the knee of her jeans. lap رُقْعَه кръпка záplata lap der Flicken μπάλωμα remiendo, parche lapp, paik وصله paikka pièce טְלָאי पैवंद krpa,zakrpa folt tambalan bót toppa つぎ 덧대는 조각 lopas ielāps tampalan lap lapp, bot łata remendo petic заплатка záplata zaplata zakrpa lapp รอยปะ yama 補丁 латка پيوند miếng vá 补钉
2 a small piece of ground a vegetable patch. lappie قِطْعَة أرْض парче земя záhon(ek) område; -område; urtehave das Stückchen Land κομμάτι γης parcela, terreno (maa)lapp قطعه palsta carré שֶׁטָח קַטָן खंड, टुकड़ा ploha,malo polje sa djetelinom parcella sebidang tanah skiki, reitur appezzamento 一区画 작은 밭 plotelis, sklypelis neliels zemes gabals petak lapje grond flekk, lapp, parsell poletko, zagon canteiro bucată de pământ участок záhon(ček) gredica parče zemlje jordlapp, täppa ที่ดินผืนเล็ก ๆ küçük toprak parçası 小塊土地 невелика ділянка چھوٹا قطعۂ زمين khoảng đất nhỏ 小块土地
v
to mend (clothes etc) by sewing on pieces of material She patched the (hole in the) child's trousers. lap يَرْقَع، يَرْتُق кърпя záplatovat lappe flicken μπαλώνω remendar lappima وصله کردن paikata rapiécer לְהַטלִיא रफू करना zakrpati,pokrpati (meg)foltoz menambal bæta rattoppare つぎをあてる 헝겊 조각을 대다 (už)lopyti []lāpīt; uzlikt ielāpu menampal verstellen lappe, bøte załatać remendar petici латать zaplátať zakrpati zakrpiti lappa, laga ปะ yamamak 修補 латати; лагодити پيوند لگانا vá 修补
adj patchy
not all the same; varying in quality patchy work. ongeluk, wisselvallig مُرَقَّع، غَيْر مُتَجانِس، مُخْتَلِف нееднакъв různorodý, nejednotný uregelmæssig ungleichmäßig ανομοιόμορφος, άνισος desigual, irregular ebaühtlane ناهمگون laadultaan vaihteleva inégal לא אָחִיד पैवन्ददार, खंडमय sa zakrpama,nepravilan szedett-vedett tidak merata misjafn irregolare, non uniforme 寄せ集めの 어울리지 않는 lopiniuotas, nelygus, fragmentiškas juceklīgs; savārstīts; nevīžīgs baik isinya di sana sini ongelijk uensartet, ujevn, spredt niejednolity, różnorodny, nierówny irregular inegal неоднородный strakatý, rôznorodý, nejednotný neenoten neujednačen ojämn, växlande ที่ผสมผเสกัน tutarsız, derme çatma 不調和的 неоднорідний; уривчастий مختلف النوع không đều 不调和的
n patchiness
wisselvalligheid تَرْقيع، عدَم تَجانُس нестройност nepravidelnost uregelmæssighed die Ungleichmäßigkeit ανομοιογένεια irregularidad, falta de uniformidad ebaühtlus وصله وصله بودن kirjavuus manque d'unité טְלָאִים पैवंद वाला nepotpunost,neujednačenost foltosság tambalan e-ð sem er ójafnt irregolarità つぎはぎだらけ 불균형임 margumas juceklīgums baik isinya di sana sini ongelijkheid uensartethet pstrokacizna irregularidade inegalitate, caracter inegal неоднородность nepravidelnosť neenotnost neujednačenost ojämnhet, växlande karaktär การผสมปนเป derme çatma olma 不調和 неоднорідність جوڑ sự chắp vá 不调和
n patchwork
cloth made by sewing small pieces of material together a skirt made of patchwork; (also adjective ) a patchwork quilt. lapwerk ثَوْب او لحاف مكوَّن من قِطَع ، تَرْقيع възглавница, покривка и пр. от различни парчета плат sešívaná ruční práce; sešívaný patchwork; klude- das Patchwork; Patchwork-... συρραφή ρεταλιών, κουρελού labor de retazos/retales lappidest rõivas, lapi- چهل تکه tilkku- (en) patchwork עֲבוֹדַת טְלָאִים चप्पाकारी krparija,nešto složeno od različitih dijelova darabokból összevarrt takaró stb. tambal-tambalan bútasaumur patchwork つぎはぎ細工、パッチワーク 쪽매붙임 durstinys iš skiautelių no gabaliņiem sašūts rokdarbs; lupatu (sega u.tml.) kerja tampal cantum lapjeswerk, lappen{#169} lappeteknikk; i lappeteknikk, lappe- tkanina zszyta z różnych kawałków (colcha) de retalhos (pânză făcută din) petice лоскутное изделие zošívaná ručná práca; zošívaný krpičasto blago pačvork lapptäcksarbete สิ่งที่เกิดจากการปะติดปะต่อกัน yama işi 縫綴起來的各色布片 клаптикова ковдра; зшитий з клаптиків پيوند سے تيار شدہ کپڑا miếng vải chắp vá 缝缀起来的各色布片
patch up
1 to mend, especially quickly and temporarily He patched up the roof with bits of wood. regmaak يُرَمِّم، يُصَلِّح закърпвам záplatovat lappe zusammenflicken επιδιορθώνω πρόχειρα remendar o componer provisionalmente kokku lappima سرهم بندی کردن paikata rafistoler לְתַקֵן בִּטלַאי मरम्मत करना, चकती लगाना za nuždu popraviti kijavít menambal lappa upp á aggiustare 直す 미봉책으로 수선하다 pataisyti, paremontuoti aizlāpīt; saremontēt membaiki oplappen lappe sammen załatać, zreperować remendar a cârpi чинить на скорую руку zaplátať površno popraviti zakrpiti lappa ihop ซ่อมแซม onarmak 縫補 підправляти; лагодити нашвидкуруч درست کرنا sửa chữa qua loa 缝补
2 to settle (a quarrel) They soon patched up their disagreement. skik يِحلُّ نِزاعا، يُهَدِّئُ خِصاما разрешавам srovnat (se) gøre god igen; forhandle på plads beilegen διευθετώ φιλονικία, τα ξαναφτιάχνω arreglar, resolver kokkuleppele jõudma فیصله دادن sopia se raccommoder לְהִתפַּייֵס निपटाना, तय करना, रफा-दफा करना privremeno izgladiti svađu elsimít (nézeteltérést) menyelesaikan sættast appianare 静める 수습하다 užbaigti nokārtot/izbeigt (strīdu); salabt menyelesaikan bijleggen glatte over en krangel załagodzić resolver a aplana улаживать urovnať izgladiti izgladiti ordna upp กลับมาเป็นมิตรกัน tatlıya bağlamak 平息 улагоджувати اختلاف ختم کرنا dàn xếp 平息
patch → رقعة záplata lap Flicken μπάλωμα parche paikka raccord mrlja toppa つぎ 깁는 헝겊 lapje lapp łata remendo заплата lapp แผ่นผ้าปะรูในเสื้อผ้า yama miếng vá 补丁
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