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patch ¹  (pch)

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.

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

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patcha·ble adj.

patcher n.

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patch

Noun

1. a piece of material used to cover a hole in a garment

2. a small contrasting section: there was a bald patch on the top of his head

3. a small plot of land

4. Med a protective covering for an injured eye

5. a scrap or remnant

6. the area under someone's supervision, such as a policeman or social worker

7. a bad patch a difficult time

8. not a patch on not nearly as good as

Verb

1. to mend (a garment) with a patch

2. patch up

a. to mend (something) hurriedly or carelessly

b. to make up (a quarrel)

3. patch together to produce (something) by piecing parts together hurriedly or carelessly [perhaps from French pieche piece]

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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.

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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.

Thesaurus

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" dapple, maculation, speckle, fleck, spot marking - a pattern of marks speck, pinpoint - a very small spot; "the plane was just a speck in the sky" 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" worn spot, fret - a spot that has been worn away by abrasion or erosion 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" plot of ground, plot of land, plot 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 parcel of land, piece of ground, piece of land, tract, parcel - an extended area of land
	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" while, spell, piece 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 temporary hookup 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" mend, darn stitchery, sewing - needlework on which you are working with needle and thread; "she put her sewing back in the basket"
	8.	patch - a protective cloth covering for an injured eye eyepatch cloth covering - a covering made of cloth
	9.	patch - a piece of soft material that covers and protects an injured part of the body bandage adhesive 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) swathe, wrapping - an enveloping bandage 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" piece conjoin, join - make contact or come together; "The two roads join here" vamp, vamp up - piece (something old) with a new part; "vamp up an old speech"
	2.	patch - provide with a patch; also used metaphorically; "The field was patched with snow" furnish, provide, supply, render - give something useful or necessary to; "We provided the room with an electrical heater"
	3.	patch - mend by putting a patch on; "patch a hole" patch up 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" piece 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"

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patch

noun 1. spot, bit, stretch, scrap, shred, small piece

noun 2. plot, area, ground, land, tract

noun 3. reinforcement, piece of fabric, piece of cloth, piece of material, piece sewn on

verb 4. (often with up) sew (up), mend, repair, reinforce, stitch (up)

verb 5. (often with up) mend, cover, fix, reinforce

patch things up settle, make friends, placate, bury the hatchet, conciliate, settle differences, smooth something over

Translations

patch [pætʃ] n [of material] → parche m (= mended part); remiendo; [of land] → terreno;

(COMPUT) → ajuste m

vt [+ clothes] → remendar;

(to go through) a bad patch → (pasar por) una mala racha

patch up vt (= mend temporarily) → reparar;

to patch up a quarrel → hacer las paces

patch [pætʃ] n [of material] → pièce f (= eye patch); cache m (= spot); tache f [of land]; parcelle f [on tyre]; rustine f

vt [+ clothes] → rapiécer;

a bad patch (Brit) → une période difficile

patch up vt → réparer

patch [pætʃ] n (piece of material) → Flicken m;

(also: eye patch) → Augenklappe f;

(damp, bald etc) → Fleck m [of land] → Stück nt [000] (for growing vegetables etc) → Beet nt

vt [+ clothes] → flicken;

(to go through) a bad patch → eine schwierige Zeit (durchmachen)

patch up patch vt [+ clothes etc] → flicken [+ quarrel]; beilegen

patch [pætʃ] n [of material] → toppa (= spot); macchia; [of land] → pezzo

vt [+ clothes] → rattoppare;

a bad patch (BRIT) → un brutto periodo

patch up vt → rappezzare

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patch

n patch [pӕtʃ]

1 a piece of material sewn on to cover a hole She sewed a patch on the knee of her jeans.lapرُقْعَهкръпкаzáplatalapder Flickenμπάλωμαremiendo, parchelapp, paikوصلهpaikkapièceטְלָאיपैवंदkrpa,zakrpafolttambalanbóttoppaつぎ헝겊 조각lopasielāpstampalanlaplapp, botłataremendopeticзаплаткаzáplatazaplatazakrpalappรอยปะyama補釘латкаپيوندmiếng vá补钉

2 a small piece of ground a vegetable patch.lappieقِطْعَة أرْضпарче земяzáhon(ek)område; -område; urtehavedas Stückchen Landκομμάτι γηςparcela, terreno(maa)lappقطعهpalstacarréשֶׁטָח קַטָןखंड, टुकड़ाploha,malo polje sa djetelinomparcellasebidang tanahskiki, reiturappezzamento一区画작게 구획된 땅plotelis, sklypelisneliels zemes gabalspetaklapje grondflekk, lapp, parsellpoletko, zagoncanteirobucată de pământучастокzáhon(ček)gredicaparče zemljejordlapp, täppaที่ดินผืนเล็ก ๆküçük toprak parçası小塊土地невелика ділянкаچھوٹا قطعۂ زمينkhoảng 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.lapيَرْقَع، يَرْتُقкърпяzáplatovatlappeflickenμπαλώνωremendarlappimaوصله کردنpaikatarapiécerלְהַטלִיאरफू करनाzakrpati,pokrpati(meg)foltozmenambalbætarattoppareつぎをあてる수선하다, 헝겊을 대(고 깁)다(už)lopyti[]lāpīt; uzlikt ielāpumenampalverstellenlappe, bøtezałataćremendarpeticiлататьzaplátaťzakrpatizakrpitilappa, lagaปะyamamak修補латати; лагодитиپيوند لگاناvá修补

adj ˈpatchy

not all the same; varying in quality patchy work.ongeluk, wisselvalligمُرَقَّع، غَيْر مُتَجانِس، مُخْتَلِفнееднакъвrůznorodý, nejednotnýuregelmæssigungleichmäßigανομοιόμορφος, άνισοςdesigual, irregularebaühtlaneناهمگونkirjavainégalלא אָחִידपैवन्ददार, खंडमयsa zakrpama,nepravilanszedett-vedetttidak meratamisjafnirregolare, non uniforme寄せ集めの누덕누덕 기운, 이것 저것 긁어 모은lopiniuotas, nelygus, fragmentiškasjuceklīgs; savārstīts; nevīžīgsbaik isinya di sana siniongelijkuensartet, ujevn, spredtniejednolity, różnorodny, nierównyirregularinegalнеоднородныйstrakatý, rôznorodý, nejednotnýneenotenneujednačenojämn, växlandeที่ผสมผเสกันtutarsız, derme çatma不調和的неоднорідний; уривчастийمختلف النوعkhông đều不调和的

n ˈpatchiness

wisselvalligheidتَرْقيع، عدَم تَجانُسнестройностnepravidelnosturegelmæssigheddie Ungleichmäßigkeitανομοιογένειαirregularidad, falta de uniformidadebaühtlusوصله وصله بودنkirjavuusmanque d'unitéטְלָאִיםपैवंद वालाnepotpunost,neujednačenostfoltosságtambalane-ð sem er ójafntirregolaritàつぎはぎだらけ불균형임margumasjuceklīgumsbaik isinya di sana siniongelijkheiduensartethetpstrokaciznairregularidadeinegalitate, caracter inegalнеоднородностьnepravidelnosťneenotnostneujednačenostojämnhet, växlande karaktärการผสมปนเปderme çatma olma不調和неоднорідністьجوڑsự chắp vá不调和

n ˈpatchwork

cloth made by sewing small pieces of material together a skirt made of patchwork; (also adjective ) a patchwork quilt.lapwerkثَوْب او لحاف مكوَّن من قِطَع ، تَرْقيعвъзглавница, покривка и пр. от различни парчета платsešívaná ruční práce; sešívanýpatchwork; klude-das Patchwork; Patchwork-...συρραφή ρεταλιών, κουρελούlabor de retazos/retaleslappidest rõivas, lapi-چهل تکهtilkkukangas(en) patchworkעֲבוֹדַת טְלָאִיםचप्पाकारीkrparija,nešto složeno od različitih dijelovadarabokból összevarrt takaró stb.tambal-tambalanbútasaumurpatchworkつぎはぎ細工、パッチワーク쪽모이durstinys iš skiauteliųno gabaliņiem sašūts rokdarbs; lupatu (sega u.tml.)kerja tampal cantumlapjeswerk, lappen{#169}lappeteknikk; i lappeteknikk, lappe-tkanina zszyta z różnych kawałków(colcha) de retalhos(pânză făcută din) peticeлоскутное изделиеzošívaná ručná práca; zošívanýkrpičasto blagopačvorklapptäcksarbeteสิ่งที่เกิดจากการปะติดปะต่อกันyama işi縫綴起來的各色布片клаптикова ковдра; зшитий з клаптиківپيوند سے تيار شدہ کپڑاmiếng 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.regmaakيُرَمِّم، يُصَلِّحзакърпвамzáplatovatlappezusammenflickenεπιδιορθώνω πρόχειραremendar o componer provisionalmentekokku lappimaسرهم بندی کردنkorjatarafistolerלְתַקֵן בִּטלַאיमरम्मत करना, चकती लगानाza nuždu popravitikijavítmenamballappa upp áaggiustare直す임시로 때우다pataisyti, paremontuotiaizlāpīt; saremontētmembaikioplappenlappe sammenzałatać, zreperowaćremendara cârpiна скорую руку чинитьzaplátaťpovršno popravitizakrpitilappa ihopซ่อมแซมonarmak縫補підправляти; лагодити нашвидкуручدرست کرناsửa chữa qua loa缝补

2 to settle (a quarrel) They soon patched up their disagreement.skikيِحلُّ نِزاعا، يُهَدِّئُ خِصاماразрешавамsrovnat (se)gøre god igen; forhandle på pladsbeilegenδιευθετώ φιλονικία, τα ξαναφτιάχνωarreglar, resolverkokkuleppele jõudmaفیصله دادنsopiase raccommoderלְהִתפַּייֵסनिपटाना, तय करना, रफा-दफा करनाprivremeno izgladiti svađuelsimít (nézeteltérést)menyelesaikansættastappianare静める(분쟁을) 가라앉히다užbaigtinokārtot/izbeigt (strīdu); salabtmenyelesaikanbijleggenglatte over en krangelzałagodzićresolvera aplanaулаживатьurovnaťizgladitiizgladitiordna uppกลับมาเป็นมิตรกันtatlıya bağlamak平息улагоджуватиاختلاف ختم کرناdàn xếp平息