noun Download 🔗Share 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." material wear item essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share 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. " material part property essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share 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. " part material thing wear essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share 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. " part area appearance essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share (specifically) A small area, a small plot of land or piece of ground. Examples : "Scattered patches of trees or growing corn." area place agriculture essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A local region of professional responsibility. Examples : "The teacher assigned a specific patch of the history textbook to each student for their research project. " job business area position work essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share 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. " appearance style body culture history essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A piece of material used to cover a wound. Examples : "The little girl carefully placed a small patch over the scraped knee. " medicine material essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share 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." medicine device essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share 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." medicine appearance body wear essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share 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. " technical weapon part essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share 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. " computing technical technology internet system device machine electronics writing essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share 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. " military weapon technical machine essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share 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. " military weapon material essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share (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. " electronics device technical communication signal machine electric system technology internet computing item thing essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share 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. " music sound technology electronics essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share 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. " appearance style essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To mend by sewing on a piece or pieces of cloth, leather, or the like Examples : "My coat needs patching." material action essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share 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. " material utility technical essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share 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. " material art essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share 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. " material wear building essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share 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. " technology electronics communication computing signal technical machine system device essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share (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." action work essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share 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. " computing technology essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To connect two pieces of electrical equipment using a cable. Examples : "The electrician patched the new computer to the network server. " electronics technology signal electric communication essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A paltry fellow; a rogue; a ninny; a fool. Examples : "That new student, a real patch, keeps forgetting his homework. " character person language essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading