Patch
[pætʃ]
Definition
(noun.) a piece of cloth used as decoration or to mend or cover a hole.
(noun.) a short set of commands to correct a bug in a computer program.
(verb.) mend by putting a patch on; 'patch a hole'.
(verb.) to join or unite the pieces of; 'patch the skirt'.
(verb.) provide with a patch; also used metaphorically; 'The field was patched with snow'.
Editor: Milton--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) A piece of cloth, or other suitable material, sewed or otherwise fixed upon a garment to repair or strengthen it, esp. upon an old garment to cover a hole.
(n.) A small piece of anything used to repair a breach; as, a patch on a kettle, a roof, etc.
(n.) A small piece of black silk stuck on the face, or neck, to hide a defect, or to heighten beauty.
(n.) A piece of greased cloth or leather used as wrapping for a rifle ball, to make it fit the bore.
(n.) Fig.: Anything regarded as a patch; a small piece of ground; a tract; a plot; as, scattered patches of trees or growing corn.
(n.) A block on the muzzle of a gun, to do away with the effect of dispart, in sighting.
(n.) A paltry fellow; a rogue; a ninny; a fool.
(v. t.) To mend by sewing on a piece or pieces of cloth, leather, or the like; as, to patch a coat.
(v. t.) To mend with pieces; to repair with pieces festened on; to repair clumsily; as, to patch the roof of a house.
(v. t.) To adorn, as the face, with a patch or patches.
(v. t.) To make of pieces or patches; to repair as with patches; to arrange in a hasty or clumsy manner; -- generally with up; as, to patch up a truce.
Checked by Andrew
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Part, piece.[2]. Tract, parcel, plot.
Typed by Lesley
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Botch, bungle, cobble, clout, piece
ANT:Fine-draw, embroider
Inputed by Darlene
Definition
v.t. to mend by putting in a piece: to repair clumsily: to make up of pieces: to make hastily.—n. a piece sewed or put on to mend a defect: anything like a patch: a small piece of ground: a plot: (Shak.) a paltry fellow a fool—properly a jester: (print.) an overlay to obtain a stronger impression: a small piece of black silk &c. stuck by ladies on the face to bring out the complexion by contrast—common in the 17th and 18th centuries.—adj. Patch′able.—ns. Patch′-box a fancy box for holding the patches worn on the face generally having a mirror inside the lid; Patch′er one who patches; Patch′ery (Shak.) bungling work; Patch′work work formed of patches or pieces sewed together: work patched up or clumsily executed.—adj. Patch′y covered with patches: inharmonious incongruous.—Not a patch on not fit to be compared with.
Checked by Douglas
Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream that you have patches upon your clothing, denotes that you will show no false pride in the discharge of obligations. To see others wearing patches, denotes want and misery are near. If a young woman discovers a patch on her new dress, it indicates that she will find trouble facing her when she imagines her happiest moments are approaching near. If she tries to hide the patches, she will endeavor to keep some ugly trait in her character from her lover. If she is patching, she will assume duties for which she has no liking. For a woman to do family patching, denotes close and loving bonds in the family, but a scarcity of means is portended.
Typist: Lycurgus
Examples
- As he came out into the glimmering patch of light, we saw that he carried something white under his arm. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Tarzan came quietly above the unsuspecting beast and silently stalked him until he came into a little patch of moonlight. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- How far the patch he cultivated was his own was never very clear to him. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Some of it will do to patch up the Hall when I'm gone. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- And a society like ours wastes such good material in producing its little patch of purple! Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- The man must value the pipe highly when he prefers to patch it up rather than buy a new one with the same money. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- Before me was a small patch of moonlit sky which showed through a ragged aperture. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- Patches of nasty ooze floated, yellow-white, on the dead surface of the water. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- We have cleared away all the old thorns that grew in patches over the brow. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- Here and there they were broken with streaks and patches of dusky red, green, and occasional areas of white quartz. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- In the faded wallpaper were dark patches where furniture had stood, where pictures had hung. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- It is curious what patches of hardness and tenderness lie side by side in men's dispositions. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Among other remote and isolated little patches of language are the Papuan speech of New Guinea and the native Australian. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- We are dealing, the reader must bear in mind, with little disconnected patches of material, a few score all together. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Who can care a straw, really, how the old patched-up Constitution is tinkered at any more? D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Here and there polished surfaces of ruby, emerald, and diamond patched the golden walls and ceiling. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- He wore no mask; but his face, though curiously patched and painted, was easily known. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Holmes struck a match and held it to the back wheel, and I heard him chuckle as the light fell upon a patched Dunlop tire. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- She bent to look at the patched punt. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- I know it all; that the young man's marrying her was a patched-up business, at the expence of your father and uncles. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- Be sure the patch and the article to be patched are perfectly dry before applying the cement. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- A very annoying feature until recently has been the losing of the lower film loop, due to poor patching of the film, tearing of the perforations in the films, etc. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Ham had been patching up a great pair of waterboots; and I, with little Em'ly by my side, had been reading to them. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Paul Boyton, the famous aquatic voyager in his rubber suit, has furnished us two practical suggestions in regard to patching rubber boots, coats, etc. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
Checker: Polly