patch
Other forms: patches; patched; patching
When you patch something, you repair it, like when you patch a hole in the knee of your favorite jeans or when road crews use asphalt to patch a pothole in the street.
The verb patch describes fixing by filling in a weak spot or by replacing missing material. You might patch a wall, for example, to fill in a hole before you paint it, or even “patch things up” after a disagreement with a friend. As a noun, patch describes a period of time, like a "rough patch;" the material used for fixing, like the patch you sew over a hole in fabric; or even a small piece of land, like a garden patch.
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a small contrasting part of something“a patch of clouds”“patches of thin ice”synonyms: dapple, fleck, maculation, speckle, spottypes:nebula(pathology) a faint cloudy spot on the corneasplasha patch of bright colorplaque(pathology) a small abnormal patch on or inside the bodymacula, maculea patch of skin that is discolored but not usually elevated; caused by various diseasesmock sun, parhelion, sundoga bright spot on the parhelic circle; caused by diffraction by ice crystalsmacula, sunspota cooler darker spot appearing periodically on the sun's photosphere; associated with a strong magnetic fieldfaculaa large bright spot on the sun's photosphere occurring most frequently in the vicinity of sunspotsfaculaa bright spot on a planetamyloid plaque, amyloid protein plaquea plaque consisting of tangles of amyloid protein in nervous tissue (a pathological mark of Alzheimer's disease)arterial plaquea fatty deposit inside an arterial wall; characteristic of atherosclerosisbacterial plaque, dental plaquea film of mucus and bacteria deposited on the teeth that encourages the development of dental cariesliver spota type of skin disease that causes brown spots on the skinplague spota spot on the skin characteristic of the plaguetype of:markinga pattern of marks
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a piece of cloth used as decoration or to mend or cover a holetypes:flasha bright patch of color used for decoration or identificationpasty(usually used in the plural) one of a pair of adhesive patches worn to cover the nipples of exotic dancers and striptease performersshoulder patchpatch worn on the shoulder of a military uniform to indicate ranktype of:
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sewing that repairs a worn or torn hole (especially in a garment)
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a piece of soft material that covers and protects an injured part of the bodysynonyms: bandagetypes:adhesive bandagebandage consisting of a medical dressing of plain absorbent gauze held in place by a plastic or fabric tape coated with adhesivecapeline bandagebandage that covers the head or an amputation stump like a capcast, plaster bandage, plaster castbandage consisting of a firm covering (often made of plaster of Paris) that immobilizes broken bones while they healcompression bandage, tourniquetbandage that stops the flow of blood from an artery by applying pressureelastic bandagea bandage containing stretchable material that can apply local pressurefour-tailed bandagea bandage consisting of a strip of cloth split in two on both ends; the central part is placed under the chin to restrict motion of the mandible and the tails are tied over the top of the headimmovable bandagea bandage of cloth impregnated with a substance (e.g., plaster of Paris) that hardens soon after it is appliedoblique bandagea bandage in which successive turns proceed obliquely up or down a limbroller bandagebandage consisting of a strip of sterile fabric (of variable width) rolled into a cylinder to facilitate applicationscarf bandage, sling, triangular bandagebandage to support an injured forearm; consisting of a wide triangular piece of cloth hanging from around the necksuspensory, suspensory bandagea bandage of elastic fabric applied to uplift a dependant part (as the scrotum or a pendulous breast)truss(medicine) a bandage consisting of a pad and belt; worn to hold a hernia in place by pressureBand Aidtrade name for an adhesive bandage to cover small cuts or blistersElastoplastan elastic adhesive bandage for covering cuts or woundsspiral bandagean oblique bandage in which successive turns overlap preceding turnstype of:
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a protective cloth covering for an injured eyesynonyms: eyepatchtype of:cloth coveringa covering made of cloth
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a small area of ground covered by specific vegetation“a cabbage patch”“a briar patch”synonyms: plot, plot of ground, plot of landtypes:beda plot of ground in which plants are growinggardena plot of ground where plants are cultivatedasparagus beda bed in which asparagus is growingflower gardena garden featuring flowering plantsformal gardena garden laid out on regular lines with plants arranged in symmetrical locations or in geometrical designsgrove, orchard, plantation, woodletgarden consisting of a small cultivated wood without undergrowthherb gardena garden for growing herbshotbeda bed of earth covered with glass and heated by rotting manure to promote the growth of plantslandscapinga garden laid out for esthetic effectmarket gardena garden where fruit and vegetables are grown for marketingpot farma plot of ground where marijuana is grown and harvested (often hidden in a national forest)roof gardena garden on a flat roof of a buildingrose gardena garden for growing rosesseedbeda bed where seedlings are grown before transplantingsunken gardena garden set below the level of the ground surrounding ittea gardena public garden where tea is servedtopiarya garden having shrubs clipped or trimmed into decorative shapes especially of animalsturnip beda bed in which turnips are growingtype of:
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provide with a patch; also used metaphorically
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mend by putting a patch on
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repair by adding pieces
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a period of indeterminate length (usually short) marked by some action or condition
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a connection intended to be used for a limited timesynonyms: temporary hookup
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to join or unite the pieces of
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a short set of commands to correct a bug in a computer programtype of:computer program, computer programme, program, programme(computer science) a sequence of instructions that a computer can interpret and execute
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Vocabulary lists containing patch
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On the ACT Reading Test, you'll encounter questions that ask you to determine the meanings of common words in context. We've identified 200 high-frequency, multiple-meaning words of the sort that you'll see on the exam. As you practice this list, you'll have to rely on context clues in order to determine each word’s meaning in a particular sentence. Be careful! Several of a word's meanings might show up as answer choices — but only one answer will capture the meaning of the word in the context of the sentence.