Found 3 items, similar to patch.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: patch
menambal, menempel, potong, tambalan, tempel
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: patch
patch
n 1: 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” [syn:
spot,
speckle,
dapple,
fleck,
maculation]
2: a small area of ground covered by specific vegetation;
“a
bean plot”;
“a cabbage patch”;
“a briar patch” [syn:
plot,
plot of ground]
3: a piece of cloth used as decoration or to mend or cover a
hole
4: 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” [syn:
while,
piece,
spell]
5: a short set of commands to correct a bug in a computer
program
6: a connection intended to be used for a limited time [syn:
temporary hookup
]
7: sewing or darning that repairs a worn or torn hole
(especially in a garment);
“her stockings had several
mends” [syn:
mend,
darn]
8: a protective cloth covering for an injured eye [syn:
eyepatch]
9: a piece of soft material that covers and protects an injured
part of the body [syn:
bandage]
patch
v 1: to join or unite the pieces of;
“patch the skirt” [syn:
piece]
2: provide with a patch; also used metaphorically;
“The field
was patched with snow”
3: mend by putting a patch on;
“patch a hole” [syn:
patch up]
4: repair by adding pieces;
“She pieced the china cup” [syn:
piece]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Patch
Patch
\Patch\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Patched; p. pr. & vb. n.
Patching.]
1. To mend by sewing on a piece or pieces of cloth, leather,
or the like; as, to patch a coat.
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2. To mend with pieces; to repair with pieces festened on; to
repair clumsily; as, to patch the roof of a house.
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3. To adorn, as the face, with a patch or patches.
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Ladies who patched both sides of their faces.
--Spectator.
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4. To make of pieces or patches; to repair as with patches;
to arrange in a hasty or clumsy manner; -- generally with
up; as, to patch up a truce.
“If you'll patch a
quarrel.” --Shak.
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Patch
\Patch\, n. [OE. pacche; of uncertain origin, perh. for
placche; cf. Prov. E. platch patch, LG. plakk, plakke.]
1. A piece of cloth, or other suitable material, sewed or
otherwise fixed upon a garment to repair or strengthen it,
esp. upon an old garment to cover a hole.
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Patches set upon a little breach. --Shak.
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2. Hence: A small piece of anything used to repair a breach;
as, a patch on a kettle, a roof, etc.
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3. A small piece of black silk stuck on the face, or neck, to
hide a defect, or to heighten beauty.
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Your black patches you wear variously. --Beau. & Fl.
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4. (Gun.) A piece of greased cloth or leather used as
wrapping for a rifle ball, to make it fit the bore.
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5. Fig.: Anything regarded as a patch; a small piece of
ground; a tract; a plot; as, scattered patches of trees or
growing corn.
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Employed about this patch of ground. --Bunyan.
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6. (Mil.) A block on the muzzle of a gun, to do away with the
effect of dispart, in sighting.
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7. A paltry fellow; a rogue; a ninny; a fool. [Obs. or
Colloq.]
“Thou scurvy patch.” --Shak.
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Patch ice, ice in overlapping pieces in the sea.
Soft patch, a patch for covering a crack in a metallic
vessel, as a steam boiler, consisting of soft material, as
putty, covered and held in place by a plate bolted or
riveted fast.
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