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Definitions in simple English

patch Noun

— A patch is a small area that is a different colour or material from the area around it. He'd come every other Sunday afternoon to mow the little patch of grass in front of the house. He had red patches of skin in different places on his body. We could see blue patches of sky between the trees. Joe's father looked to the dark patch under the tree where Joe stood concealed. Our small patch of forest was different. — A patch is a piece of material that is sewn on clothes to cover a hole or for decoration. She was wearing a jacket with patches on the elbows. — A patch is a computer program that fixes another program. — A patch is a length of time. Her business has hit a rough patch lately. — An eye patch is something to cover an eye.

patch Verb

— If you patch clothing, a tire, etc., you put a piece of material on it to cover a hole. — If you patch a number of things together, you put them together, but not very well. She was patching together part-time jobs and trying to pay the rent. The current computer system was patched together over a number of years. — If you patch something up, you fix it. She patched a hole in the wall where it looked like John's head had hit it. I was hoping the problem would be patched up before I got there.

patch

— noun (= spot, fleck) a small contrasting part of something a bald spot a leopard's spots a patch of clouds patches of thin ice a fleck of red — noun (= plot) a small area of ground covered by specific vegetation a bean plot a cabbage patch a briar patch — noun a piece of cloth used as decoration or to mend or cover a hole — verb (= piece) to join or unite the pieces of patch the skirt — verb provide with a patch; also used metaphorically The field was patched with snow — 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 (= piece) repair by adding pieces She pieced the china cup — noun (= temporary hookup) a connection intended to be used for a limited time — noun (= bandage) a piece of soft material that covers and protects an injured part of the body — noun (= eyepatch) a protective cloth covering for an injured eye — noun (= mend) sewing that repairs a worn or torn hole (especially in a garment) her stockings had several mends — noun (= while, piece, spell) a period of indeterminate length (usually short) marked by some action or condition he was here for a little while I need to rest for a piece a spell of good weather a patch of bad weather

Synonyms patch synonyms

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patch English » English

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Topics patch topics

What do people use patch to talk about?
Work and occupation Occupation

Working with cloth

Conjugation patch conjugation

How do you conjugate patch?

patch · verb

Examples patch examples

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Simple sentences

The vegetable patch in her garden is eight meters long and eighty centimetres wide.
Tom carefully transplanted the tiny tomato seedlings into his vegetable patch.
Tom hoped to patch things up with Mary.
Why patch such a big tear?
It'll take some time, but I think we can patch things up.
When I got out of jail, I wanted to patch things up with my wife.
We quarrel a lot, but we always manage to patch things up.
Tom wore a patch on his eye for several days.
Tom is out digging in the cabbage patch.
Tom has a patch of gray in his hair.
My mother had to patch my pants.
I slipped on an icy patch.
He's not a patch on him.
Tom is going through a rough patch.

Movie subtitles

There's some more, fresh from the turnip patch.
You're not a patch on your old man.
Patch me up, angel.
Tweeds, oatmeal flecked with brown. a three-quarter coat with patch pockets. a scarf, a felt hat, brown shoes. a tussah shirt and - and a small blue handkerchief in her breast pocket.
There's a beautiful patch near the castle.
That big nose of yours been goin' over me like a sheep in a vegetable patch.
There's a brook and a small lake no size, really and a patch of woods, and in any kind of weather it's the most wonderful.
What'll we do, use it for a tire patch?
Going like a boll weevil in a cotton patch.
Why, right here in this little Kansas town. there ain't a day people don't pack up and start out. east or west. depending' on how they feel. bringin' their wagons here for me to patch up and mend. load with axle grease.
Well, patch my pantywaist.
Just a little patch.
We believed that disposing of him as we did would cause Miss O'Shaughnessy to stop and think that it would be best to patch up her differences with us regarding the falcon.
I'll be obliged if you patch things up with your mother today.
There's salmon swarming' up them rivers thicker than blackbirds in a cane patch.
I just thought I'd come over and patch things up from last night.
Tweeds, oatmeal flecked with brown, a coat with patch pockets. a scarf, felt hat, brown shoes, a tussle shirt. and a small blue handkerchief in her breast pocket. I can't remember.
You cut it, stick it, patch it up, and so on.
Why can't we sit down like adults and patch this thing up?
So they can patch me up?
Or lolling in a briar patch.
Maybe you'd like to patch things up with him.
What soldiers, patch?
I'm sorry. I went online today, and I got you a vintage tux with a hole in it, that I'm gonna patch over with a swatch from your father's radiology scrubs.
He wasn't even supposed to patch you up the way he did.
That big nose of yours been going over me like a sheep in a vegetable patch.
Patch up your trouble with him, Paul.
I'll patch up nothing with that pop-eyed spaghetti-bender.
He makes you show the patch.
I'm here to patch up drunks and bums with their bellies cut open, or dames with loaded dice and their ribs kicked in.
I keep kicking this foot of mine, and. when I have a bad patch, I like someone to flutter around. so that I can be a perfect swine to them.

News and current affairs

The soft patch may be closer to a quagmire.
Legislation and regulation produced in the wake of the crisis have mostly served as a patch to preserve the status quo.
There remains a possibility that trade negotiators will patch together a last-minute deal in Hong Kong and emerge claiming victory.
In the middle of his second term, Tony Blair is going through a bad patch.
Likewise, instead of investing in new infrastructure, companies patch up the old.
Their differences will be harder to patch up without Sharon, but they have closed ranks and could well lead Kadima to victory.
If what is happening now turns out to be something worse than a temporary soft patch, the market correction will continue further, thus weakening growth as the negative wealth effects of falling equity markets reduce private spending.
But the next worst thing is to assume that a minor patch-up will be enough to render globalization healthy and sustainable.
Patch up Lehman, move on, keep drafting off of China's energy, and nothing bad ever need have happened.
America has its own reasons to patch up the relationship.
Gaza is one of the most densely populated places on earth, and one of the poorest - 1.5 million of us live on a patch of land about 41 kilometers long and 6-12 kilometers wide.
If they hit a difficult patch - as now seems likely - society bears the brunt of the impact as credit dries up and asset prices fall.
The result is that a mother with dependent children must patch together an unstable and unreliable network of caregivers in ways that sharply hamper her ability to succeed at her job and climb out of poverty.
They are part of the small patch in the Ottoman mosaic that was preserved in modern Syria; but they would perish if it were to disappear.
Moreover, we did not want to merely patch things up, but to change virtually the whole political and economic landscape of our country.

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