[
US
/ˈpætʃ/
]
[ UK /pˈætʃ/ ]
[ UK /pˈætʃ/ ]
NOUN
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a small area of ground covered by specific vegetation
a bean plot
a briar patch
a cabbage patch - a piece of soft material that covers and protects an injured part of the body
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sewing that repairs a worn or torn hole (especially in a garment)
her stockings had several mends -
a period of indeterminate length (usually short) marked by some action or condition
a spell of good weather
I need to rest for a piece
a patch of bad weather
he was here for a little while - a piece of cloth used as decoration or to mend or cover a hole
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a small contrasting part of something
a leopard's spots
a patch of clouds
a fleck of red
patches of thin ice
a bald spot - a protective cloth covering for an injured eye
- a short set of commands to correct a bug in a computer program
- a connection intended to be used for a limited time
VERB
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mend by putting a patch on
patch a hole -
to join or unite the pieces of
patch the skirt -
repair by adding pieces
She pieced the china cup -
provide with a patch; also used metaphorically
The field was patched with snow
How To Use patch In A Sentence
- Threadbare patches in her fur and mane shone dull against the her tawny pelt.
- This process must proceed with dispatch, without posturing, without grandstanding, without empty words.
- From his driveway, Benelli dispatches patrol cars and sends officers to new assignments.
- I use the brush first rapped with a cleaning patch soaked in carburetor cleaner. Live from the SHOT Show: New Gun Reviews
- There was Patch after was drowned out of a curagh that turned over. The Atlantic Book of Modern Plays
- A reporter was dispatched to Naples to cover the riot.
- There was a patch of raw skin on my back where the sun had burnt it.
- These calories are used to: replenish your glycogen (the way you store fuel in your muscles and liver) and oxygen stores. resynthesize phosphagen (ATP-PC). remove lactate. repair the wear and tear on your muscles caused by exercise (and these patch kits are made up of protein, which is costly in terms of calories). return your increased ventilation, blood circulation and body temperature to pre-exercise levels. hormones exercise induces (which also require protein). Chicagotribune.com -
- As a holder of the Combat Infantrymans Badge, it and my Parachute badge are still on my old field jacket, as is the 173 Abn Bde patch on the right shoulder. Why Life is Now More Complicated
- Perret considers this dispatch an anomaly: "It stands alone, unsupported, unrepeated."