patchworked

patch·work (p

wûrk

)

1. Needlework consisting of varicolored patches of material sewn together, as in a quilt.

2. A collection of miscellaneous or incongruous parts; a jumble.

patchwork

detail of a patchwork quilt

patchwork [ˈpætʃˌwɜːk]

1. (Clothing, Personal Arts & Crafts / Knitting & Sewing) needlework done by sewing pieces of different materials together

2. something, such as a theory, made up of various parts a patchwork of cribbed ideas

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Noun	1.	patchwork - a theory or argument made up of miscellaneous or incongruous ideas hodgepodge, jumble theory - a belief that can guide behavior; "the architect has a theory that more is less"; "they killed him on the theory that dead men tell no tales"
	2.	patchwork - a quilt made by sewing patches of different materials together patchwork quilt crazy quilt - a patchwork quilt without a design quilt, comforter, puff, comfort - bedding made of two layers of cloth filled with stuffing and stitched together
	3.	patchwork - sewing consisting of pieces of different materials sewn together in a pattern stitchery, sewing - needlework on which you are working with needle and thread; "she put her sewing back in the basket"

patchwork

noun mixture, confusion, jumble, medley, hash, pastiche, mishmash, hotchpotch The republic is a patchwork of cultures, religions and nationalities.

Translations

patchwork [ˈpætʃwɜːk]

A. N

1. → labor f de retazos, arpillería f (LAm)

2. (fig) a patchwork of fields → un mosaico de campos
their policy is a patchwork of half-measures → su política es un conjunto fragmentario de medias tintas

B. CPD patchwork quilt N → edredón m de retazos multicolores

patchwork [ˈpætʃwɜː^rk] n → patchwork m patchwork quilt
patchwork quilt n → couvre-lit m en patchwork

patchwork [ˈpætʃˌwɜːk]

1. n → patchwork m inv
a patchwork of fields (fig) → un mosaico di campi

2. adj (quilt) → patchwork inv

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cento Centoism Centones comfort comforter Consarcination craft crazy quilt hodgepodge Interbastation jumble medley patch patch quilt patched Patcher patching patchwork quilt potpourri	Principal Jerry Baca resigned over the winter holidays, and the school's administration has been patchworked together since. DOGRUEL, ROMERO SWORN IN by The Santa Fe New Mexican (Santa Fe, NM) At the heart of the problem was another instance of strategic incoherence, unclear guidance, lack of coordination, shifting presidential goals and priorities, and the patchworked administrative structures, procedures, and funding shortfalls produced by the pursuit of three competing White House goals pursued administratively: speeding up cleanups while simultaneously setting up analytically objective priorities and increasing citizen participation. Back to the future? Toward revitalizing the study of the ... by Durant, Robert / Presidential Studies Quarterly This now becomes an interpretative key that explains everything "bad" about Pericles, namely, that the effect of badness comes from Shakespeare teaching himself to write like a botched and patchworked old script: to carefully stumble, to punctiliously ruin the flow of his paragraphs with fatally-placed internal couplets, conscientiously flattening his emergent rich late medium into a grey fustian rhythmically and verbally forty years out of date. Coauthors and closed minds by Vickers, Brian / Shakespeare Studies	patas Patavinity Patavium patch patch board patch cord Patch ice patch pocket patch quilt patch test patch up patchboard patchcord patched Patcher Patchery patchily patchiness patching Patchingly patchouli patchouly Patchouly camphor patchwork patchwork quilt patchworked patchy patd patd. pate pâte pâté pate a choux pate de foie gras pâté de foie gras pate feuillete Pated Patee Patefaction patefy Patela patella Patella vulgata Patellar patellar reflex patellate Patellidae patelliform Patellula paten Patena	patching up patching up Patchingly Patchogue Patchogue Theatre for the Performing Arts Patchogue, New York Patchogue-Medford Congress of Teachers Patchogue-Medford High School Patchogue-Medford Library patchouli patchouli Patchouli oil Patchouli oil patchoulies patchoulies patchoulis patchoulis Patchoulli Patchoulli Patchoully Patchoully patchouly patchouly Patchouly camphor PatchView for the Enterprise patchwork patchwork Patchwork and quilting Patchwork Girl patchwork quilt patchworked patchworks patchworks patchy patchy patchy Patchy Land Atmosphere Interactive Dynamics PATCO PATCOB PatCom PATCRA PATCT Patd Patd patd. PATDC PATDL pate pate pate Paté pâte pâte pâté pâté pate a choux Pâte à choux pate de foie gras Paté de foie gras Paté de foie gras pâté de foie gras

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jumble
medley
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patch quilt
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Principal Jerry Baca resigned over the winter holidays, and the school's administration has been patchworked together since.

DOGRUEL, ROMERO SWORN IN by The Santa Fe New Mexican (Santa Fe, NM)

At the heart of the problem was another instance of strategic incoherence, unclear guidance, lack of coordination, shifting presidential goals and priorities, and the patchworked administrative structures, procedures, and funding shortfalls produced by the pursuit of three competing White House goals pursued administratively: speeding up cleanups while simultaneously setting up analytically objective priorities and increasing citizen participation.

Back to the future? Toward revitalizing the study of the ... by Durant, Robert / Presidential Studies Quarterly

This now becomes an interpretative key that explains everything "bad" about Pericles, namely, that the effect of badness comes from Shakespeare teaching himself to write like a botched and patchworked old script: to carefully stumble, to punctiliously ruin the flow of his paragraphs with fatally-placed internal couplets, conscientiously flattening his emergent rich late medium into a grey fustian rhythmically and verbally forty years out of date.

Coauthors and closed minds by Vickers, Brian / Shakespeare Studies

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