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Noun patch has 9 senses
- spot, speckle, dapple, patch, fleck, maculation - 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"
--1 is a kind of marking
--1 has particulars:
- plot, plot of ground, patch - a small area of ground covered by specific vegetation; "a bean plot"; "a cabbage patch"; "a briar patch"
--2 is a kind of tract, piece of land, piece of ground, parcel of land, parcel
--2 has particulars: bed; garden
- patch - a piece of cloth used as decoration or to mend or cover a hole
--3 is a kind of piece of cloth, piece of material
--3 has particulars: flash; pasties; shoulder patch
- while, piece, spell, patch - 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"
--4 is a kind of time
--4 has particulars: cold spell, cold snap; hot spell; snap
- patch - a short set of commands to correct a bug in a computer program
--5 is a kind of program, programme, computer program, computer programme
- temporary hookup, patch - a connection intended to be used for a limited time
--6 is a kind of connection, connexion, connector, connecter, connective; lash-up, contrivance
- mend, patch, darn - sewing or darning that repairs a worn or torn hole (especially in a garment); "her stockings had several mends"
--7 is a kind of sewing, stitchery
- eyepatch, patch - a protective cloth covering for an injured eye
--8 is a kind of cloth covering
- bandage, patch - a piece of soft material that covers and protects an injured part of the body
--9 is a kind of dressing, medical dressing
--9 has parts: gauze, gauze bandage
--9 has particulars:
Verb patch has 4 senses
- patch, piece - to join or unite the pieces of; "patch the skirt"
--1 is one way to join, conjoin
Sample sentence:
They patch the cape
- patch - provide with a patch; also used metaphorically; "The field was patched with snow"
--2 is one way to supply, provide, render, furnish
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
- patch, patch up - mend by putting a patch on; "patch a hole"
--3 is one way to repair, mend, fix, bushel, doctor, furbish up, restore, touch on
Sample sentence:
They patch the cape
- piece, patch - repair by adding pieces; "She pieced the china cup"
--4 is one way to repair, mend, fix, bushel, doctor, furbish up, restore, touch on
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
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