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patch

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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.

Examples :

"His sleeves had patches on the elbows where different fabric had been sewn on to replace material that had worn away."

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A small piece of anything used to repair damage or a breach; as, a patch on a kettle, a roof, etc.

Examples :

"The leaky roof needed a patch to stop the rain from coming in. "

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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.

Examples :

"The leaky roof needed a patch until the new shingles could be installed. "

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A small, usually contrasting but always somehow different or distinct, part of something else (location, time, size)

Examples :

"The faded patch on my favorite jeans shows where my little brother spilled juice. "

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(specifically) A small area, a small plot of land or piece of ground.

Examples :

"Scattered patches of trees or growing corn."

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A local region of professional responsibility.

Examples :

"The teacher assigned a specific patch of the history textbook to each student for their research project. "

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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.

Examples :

"The lady in the portrait wore a small patch near her cheek to enhance her beauty. "

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A piece of material used to cover a wound.

Examples :

"The little girl carefully placed a small patch over the scraped knee. "

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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.

Examples :

"Many people use a nicotine patch to wean themselves off of nicotine."

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A cover worn over a damaged eye, an eyepatch.

Examples :

"He had scratched his cornea so badly that his doctor told him to wear a patch."

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A block on the muzzle of a gun, to do away with the effect of dispart, in sighting.

Examples :

"The marksman carefully placed the patch on the rifle's muzzle to correct for the gun's tendency to point off-target. "

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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.

Examples :

"The programmer downloaded a patch file to fix the error in the school's attendance tracking software. "

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A small piece of material that is manually passed through a gun barrel to clean it.

Examples :

"The soldier used a patch to clean the gun barrel. "

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A piece of greased cloth or leather used as wrapping for a rifle ball, to make it fit the bore.

Examples :

"The hunter carefully wrapped the rifle ball with a patch of greased leather before loading it into the gun. "

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(often patch cable, patch cord etc.; see also patch panel) A cable connecting two pieces of electrical equipment.

Examples :

"The technician used a patch cable to connect the computer to the printer. "

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A sound setting for a musical synthesizer (originally selected by means of a patch cable).

Examples :

"The musician selected the "Bright Strings" patch on the synthesizer for the upcoming school concert. "

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An overlay used to obtain a stronger impression.

Examples :

"The artist used a patch of dark paint to create a stronger impression of depth in her painting. "

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To mend by sewing on a piece or pieces of cloth, leather, or the like

Examples :

"My coat needs patching."

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To mend with pieces; to repair by fastening pieces on.

Examples :

"My grandmother patched the hole in her favorite quilt with colorful scraps of fabric. "

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To make out of pieces or patches, like a quilt.

Examples :

"The quilter carefully patched together the colorful fabric scraps to create a beautiful new quilt. "

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To join or unite the pieces of; to patch the skirt.

Examples :

"She patched the hole in her favorite skirt with a piece of matching fabric. "

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To employ a temporary, removable electronic connection, as one between two components in a communications system.

Examples :

"To fix the broken connection between the computer and the printer, the technician patched a new cable. "

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(generally with the particle "up") To repair or arrange in a hasty or clumsy manner

Examples :

"The truce between the two countries has been patched up."

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To make the changes a patch describes; to apply a patch to the files in question. Hence:

Examples :

"The software developer patched the program to fix the error that caused the crashes. "

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To connect two pieces of electrical equipment using a cable.

Examples :

"The electrician patched the new computer to the network server. "

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A paltry fellow; a rogue; a ninny; a fool.

Examples :

"That new student, a real patch, keeps forgetting his homework. "

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