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   Patch

   /paCH/

   

   noun

   • 1. a piece of cloth or other material used to mend or strengthen a torn or weak point: "the jacket was of well-worn tweed with leather patches on the elbows" Similar piece of cloth/material/fabric/leatherreinforcementpiece sewn on
   • ▪ a pad or shield worn over a sightless or injured eye or an eye socket. Similar covereyepatchcoveringpadshield
   • ▪ a piece of cloth sewn onto clothing as a badge or distinguishing mark: "on his sleeve there was a red “Freedom” patch"
   • ▪ an adhesive piece of drug-impregnated material worn on the skin so that the drug can be absorbed gradually over a period of time: "once the patch is removed, the drug clears from the body tissue after twenty minutes"
   • ▪ a small disk of black silk attached to the face, especially as worn by women in the 17th and 18th centuries for adornment. historical
   • 2. a part of something marked out from the rest by a particular characteristic: "his hair was combed forward to hide a growing bald patch" Similar blotchmarkpopspotsmudgedotspeckspecklesmearstainstreakstripeblemishbirthmarkport wine stainstrawberry markinformal:splodgesplotchtechnical:nevus
   • ▪ a small area or amount of something: "patches of bluebells in the grass"
   • 3. a small piece of ground, especially one used for gardening: "they spent Sundays digging their vegetable patch" Similar plotareapiecestriprowlottractparcelbedborderallotment
   • ▪ an area for which someone is responsible or in which they operate: informal British "we didn't want any secret organizations on our patch"
   • 4. a period of time seen as a distinct unit with a characteristic quality: informal British "he may have been going through a bad patch" Similar periodtimespellphasestretchintervalstintruntermspanextentinformal:spot
   • 5. a temporary electrical or telephone connection.
   • ▪ a preset configuration or sound data file in an electronic musical instrument, especially a synthesizer: "the guitar player has a certain patch on his FX which he's happy with"
   • 6. a small piece of code inserted into a program to improve its functioning or to correct an error: "a program patch that fixes a bug"

   verb

   • 1. mend or strengthen (fabric or an item of clothing) by putting a piece of material over a hole or weak point in it: "her jeans were neatly patched"
   • ▪ place a patch over (a good eye) in order to encourage a lazy eye to work: "the amblyopia may be treated by patching the good eye"
   • ▪ correct, enhance, or modify (a routine or program) by inserting a patch.
   • ▪ cover small areas of (a surface) with something different, causing it to appear variegated: "the grass was patched with sandy stretches"
   • 2. treat someone's injuries or repair the damage to something, especially hastily: informal "they did their best to patch up the gaping wounds"
   • ▪ construct something hastily from unsuitable components: "lean-tos patched together from aluminum siding and planks"
   • ▪ restore peaceful or friendly relations after a quarrel or dispute: "any ill feeling could be patched up with a phone call"
   • 3. connect by a temporary electrical, radio, or telephonic connection: "Ralph had patched her through to the meeting by walkie-talkie"
   • 4. correct, enhance, or modify (a routine or program) by inserting a patch.

   Word Origin late Middle English: perhaps from a variant of Old French pieche, dialect variant of piece ‘piece’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. patcher noun

   Scrabble Points: 12

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   What does patch mean in English?

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   What is a patch used for?

   • a small piece of material that is used to cover a hole in something or to make a weak area stronger, or as decoration I sewed patches on the knees of my jeans.

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   Why do people wear nicotine patches?

   • Some people wear nicotine patches to help them give up smoking. I downloaded a patch from their website. They issued an update to patch the bug. We need to identify and patch vulnerabilities in internet security. Watch for patches of ice on the road. We have a small vegetable patch (= area for growing vegetables).

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   Why do you need security patches?

   • The primary one is that each patch delivers a fixed amount. Plus, it urges businesses to carefully monitor connected devices throughout their expected life cycle, and to provide consumers with security patches for all known risks. If there are new patches to come out for the operating system you have to install those.

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   Thesaurus patch. dot; mark; spot; These are all words for a small part on a surface that is a different color from the rest. patch an area of something, especially one which is different from the area around it: a white dog with a black patch around its eye patches of dense fog

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   patch. From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Related topics: Clothes, Gardening, Drugs, medicines, Computers patch1 /pætʃ/ noun [ countable] 1 part of an area a small area of something that is different from the area around it patch of We finally found a patch of grass to sit down on. Belinda watched a patch of sunlight move slowly ...

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