NOUN
  • Definition - A piece of cloth, or other suitable material, sewed or otherwise fixed upon a garment to repair or strengthen it, especially upon an old garment to cover a hole.
  • Example - His sleeves had patches on the elbows where different fabric had been sewn on to replace material that had worn away.
  • Definition - A small piece of anything used to repair damage or a breach; as, a patch on a kettle, a roof, etc.
  • Example - I can't afford to replace the roof, which is what it really needs. I'll have the roofer apply a patch.
  • Definition - A piece of any size, used to repair something for a temporary period only, or that it is temporary because it is not meant to last long or will be removed as soon as a proper repair can be made, which will happen in the near future.
  • Example - "This patch should hold until you reach the city," the mechanic said as he patted the car's hood.
  • Definition - A small, usually contrasting but always somehow different or distinct, part of something else (location, time, size)
  • Example - Doesn't that patch of clouds looks like a bunny?
  • Definition - (specifically) A small area, a small plot of land or piece of ground.
  • Example - Scattered patches of trees or growing corn.
  • Definition - A local region of professional responsibility.
  • Example - Scattered patches of trees or growing corn.
  • Definition - A small piece of black silk stuck on the face or neck to heighten beauty by contrast, worn by ladies in the 17th and 18th centuries; an imitation beauty mark.
  • Example - Scattered patches of trees or growing corn.
  • Definition - A piece of material used to cover a wound.
  • Example - Scattered patches of trees or growing corn.
  • Definition - An adhesive piece of material, impregnated with a drug, which is worn on the skin, the drug being slowly absorbed over a period of time.
  • Example - Many people use a nicotine patch to wean themselves off of nicotine.
  • Definition - A cover worn over a damaged eye, an eyepatch.
  • Example - He had scratched his cornea so badly that his doctor told him to wear a patch.
  • Definition - A block on the muzzle of a gun, to do away with the effect of dispart, in sighting.
  • Example - He had scratched his cornea so badly that his doctor told him to wear a patch.
  • Definition - A patch file, a file that describes changes to be made to a computer file or files, usually changes made to a computer program that fix a programming bug.
  • Example - He had scratched his cornea so badly that his doctor told him to wear a patch.
  • Definition - A small piece of material that is manually passed through a gun barrel to clean it.
  • Example - He had scratched his cornea so badly that his doctor told him to wear a patch.
  • Definition - A piece of greased cloth or leather used as wrapping for a rifle ball, to make it fit the bore.
  • Example - He had scratched his cornea so badly that his doctor told him to wear a patch.
  • Definition - (often patch cable, patch cord etc.; see also patch panel) A cable connecting two pieces of electrical equipment.
  • Example - He had scratched his cornea so badly that his doctor told him to wear a patch.
  • Definition - A sound setting for a musical synthesizer (originally selected by means of a patch cable).
  • Example - He had scratched his cornea so badly that his doctor told him to wear a patch.
  • Definition - An overlay used to obtain a stronger impression.
  • Example - He had scratched his cornea so badly that his doctor told him to wear a patch.
VERB
  • Definition - To mend by sewing on a piece or pieces of cloth, leather, or the like
  • Example - My coat needs patching.
  • Definition - To mend with pieces; to repair by fastening pieces on.
  • Example - My coat needs patching.
  • Definition - To make out of pieces or patches, like a quilt.
  • Example - My coat needs patching.
  • Definition - To join or unite the pieces of; to patch the skirt.
  • Example - My coat needs patching.
  • Definition - To employ a temporary, removable electronic connection, as one between two components in a communications system.
  • Example - My coat needs patching.
  • Definition - (generally with the particle "up") To repair or arrange in a hasty or clumsy manner
  • Example - The truce between the two countries has been patched up.
  • Definition - To make the changes a patch describes; to apply a patch to the files in question. Hence:
  • Example - The truce between the two countries has been patched up.
  • Definition - To connect two pieces of electrical equipment using a cable.
  • Example - I'll need to patch the preamp output to the mixer.
Words in your word
5 Letter Words
chapt 12 patch 12
4 Letter Words
caph 11 chap 11 chat 9 path 9 phat 9 tach 9 pact 8
3 Letter Words
hap 8 pah 8 pht 8 cap 7 pac 7 hat 6 act 5 apt 5 cat 5 pat 5 tap 5
2 Letter Words
ah 5 ha 5 pa 4 at 2 ta 2
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