1.  patch(n = noun.attribute) dapple, fleck, maculation, speckle, spot - 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"
is a kind of marking
has particulars: pinpoint, speck, nebula, splash, fret, worn spot, plaque, macula, macule, mock sun, parhelion, sundog, macula, sunspot, facula, facula
Derived forms verb patch₂, adjective patchy₁

2.  patch(n = noun.location) plot, plot of ground, plot of land - a small area of ground covered by specific vegetation; "a bean plot"; "a cabbage patch"; "a briar patch"
is a kind of parcel, parcel of land, piece of ground, piece of land, tract
has particulars: bed, garden

3.  patch(n = noun.artifact) - a piece of cloth used as decoration or to mend or cover a hole;
is a kind of piece of cloth, piece of material
has particulars: flash, pasty, shoulder patch
Derived form verb patch₁

4.  patch(n = noun.time) piece, spell, while - 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"
is a kind of time
has particulars: cold snap, cold spell, hot spell, snap

5.  patch(n = noun.communication) - a short set of commands to correct a bug in a computer program;
is a kind of computer program, computer programme, program, programme

6.  patch(n = noun.artifact) temporary hookup - a connection intended to be used for a limited time;
is a kind of connecter, connection, connective, connector, connexion, contrivance, lash-up

7.  patch(n = noun.artifact) darn, mend - sewing that repairs a worn or torn hole (especially in a garment); "her stockings had several mends"
is a kind of sewing, stitchery
Derived forms verb patch₃, verb patch₁

8.  patch(n = noun.artifact) eyepatch - a protective cloth covering for an injured eye;
is a kind of cloth covering

9.  patch(n = noun.artifact) bandage - a piece of soft material that covers and protects an injured part of the body;
is a kind of dressing, medical dressing
has parts: gauze, gauze bandage
has particulars: adhesive bandage, capeline bandage, cast, plaster bandage, plaster cast, compression bandage, tourniquet, elastic bandage, four-tailed bandage, immovable bandage, oblique bandage, roller bandage, scarf bandage, sling, triangular bandage, suspensory, suspensory bandage, swathe, wrapping, truss

1.  patch(v = verb.contact) piece - to join or unite the pieces of; "patch the skirt"
is one way to conjoin, join
Derived forms noun patch₇, noun patch₃, noun patching₁
Sample sentences: They patch the cape

2.  patch(v = verb.possession) - provide with a patch; also used metaphorically; "The field was patched with snow"
is one way to furnish, provide, render, supply
Derived forms noun patch₁, noun patching₁
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s something

3.  patch(v = verb.change) patch up - mend by putting a patch on; "patch a hole"
is one way to bushel, doctor, fix, furbish up, mend, repair, restore, touch on
Derived forms noun patch₇, noun patching₁
Sample sentences: They patch the cape

4.  patch(v = verb.change) piece - repair by adding pieces; "She pieced the china cup"
is one way to bushel, doctor, fix, furbish up, mend, repair, restore, touch on
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s something

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. [1913 Webster]
"Patches set upon a little breach." [1913 Webster]

2.  A small piece of anything used to repair a breach; as, a patch on a kettle, a roof, etc. [1913 Webster]

3.  A small piece of black silk stuck on the face, or neck, to hide a defect, or to heighten beauty. [1913 Webster]
"Your black patches you wear variously." [1913 Webster]

4.  A piece of greased cloth or leather used as wrapping for a rifle ball, to make it fit the bore. [1913 Webster]

5.  Fig.: Anything regarded as a patch; a small piece of ground; a tract; a plot; as, scattered patches of trees or growing corn. [1913 Webster]
"Employed about this patch of ground." [1913 Webster]

6.  A block on the muzzle of a gun, to do away with the effect of dispart, in sighting. [1913 Webster]

7.  A paltry fellow; a rogue; a ninny; a fool. Shak. [1913 Webster]

1.  To mend by sewing on a piece or pieces of cloth, leather, or the like; as, to patch a coat. [1913 Webster]

2.  To mend with pieces; to repair with pieces festened on; to repair clumsily; as, to patch the roof of a house. [1913 Webster]

3.  To adorn, as the face, with a patch or patches. [1913 Webster]
"Ladies who patched both sides of their faces." [1913 Webster]

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. Shak. [1913 Webster]

patch, n. & v.
--n.
1 a piece of material or metal etc. used to mend a hole or as reinforcement.
2 a pad worn to protect an injured eye.
3 a dressing etc. put over a wound.
4 a large or irregular distinguishable area on a surface.
5 colloq. a period of time in terms of its characteristic quality (went through a bad patch).
6 a piece of ground.
7 colloq. an area assigned to or patrolled by an authorized person, esp. a police officer.
8 a number of plants growing in one place (brier patch).
9 a scrap or remnant.
10 a temporary electrical connection.
11 hist. a small disc etc. of black silk attached to the face, worn esp. by women in the 17th-18th c. for adornment.
12 Mil. a piece of cloth on a uniform as the badge of a unit.
--v.tr.
1 (often foll. by up) repair with a patch or patches; put a patch or patches on.
2 (of material) serve as a patch to.
3 (often foll. by up) put together, esp. hastily or in a makeshift way.
4 (foll. by up) settle (a quarrel etc.) esp. hastily or temporarily.

Idiom:
not a patch on colloq. greatly inferior to. patch cord an insulated lead with a plug at each end, for use with a patchboard. patch panel = PATCHBOARD. patch pocket one made of a piece of cloth sewn on a garment. patch test a test for allergy by applying to the skin patches containing allergenic substances.

Derivative:
patcher n.

Etymology:
ME pacche, patche, perh. var. of peche f. OF pieche dial. var. of piece PIECE

N  smallness, littleness, tenuity, paucity, fewness, meanness, insignificance (unimportance), mediocrity, moderation, small quantity, modicum, trace, hint, minimum, vanishing point, material point, atom, particle, molecule, corpuscle, point, speck, dot, mote, jot, iota, ace, minutiae, details, look, thought, idea, soupcon, dab, dight, whit, tittle, shade, shadow, spark, scintilla, gleam, touch, cast, grain, scruple, granule, globule, minim, sup, sip, sop, spice, drop, droplet, sprinkling, dash, morceau, screed, smack, tinge, tincture, inch, patch, scantling, tatter, cantlet, flitter, gobbet, mite, bit, morsel, crumb, seed, fritter, shive, snip, snippet, snick, snack, snatch, slip, scrag, chip, chipping, shiver, sliver, driblet, clipping, paring, shaving, hair, nutshell, thimbleful, spoonful, handful, capful, mouthful, fragment, fraction, drop in the ocean, animalcule, trifle, mere nothing, next to nothing, hardly anything, just enough to swear by, the shadow of a shade, finiteness, finite quantity, small, little, diminutive, minute, fine, inconsiderable, paltry, faint, slender, light, slight, scanty, scant, limited, meager, sparing, few, low, so-so, middling, tolerable, no great shakes, below par, under par, below the mark, at a low ebb, halfway, moderate, modest, tender, subtle, inappreciable, evanescent, infinitesimal, homeopathic, very small, atomic, corpuscular, microscopic, molecular, subatomic, mere, simple, sheer, stark, bare, near run, dull, petty, shallow, stolid, ungifted, unintelligent, to a small extent, on a small scale, a little bit, a wee bit, slightly, imperceptibly, miserably, wretchedly, insufficiently, imperfectly, faintly, passably, pretty well, well enough, partially, in part, in a certain degree, to a certain degree, to a certain extent, comparatively, some, rather in some degree, in some measure, something, somewhat, simply, only, purely, merely, at least, at the least, at most, at the most, ever so little, as little as may be, tant soit peu, in ever so small a degree, thus far, pro tanto, within bounds, in a manner, after a fashion, so to speak, almost, nearly, well-nigh, short of, not quite, all but, near upon, close upon, peu s'en faut, near the mark, within an ace of, within an inch of, on the brink of, scarcely, hardly, barely, only just, no more than, about, thereabouts, somewhere about, nearly, say, be the same, be little more or less, no ways, no way, no wise, not at all, not in the least, not a bit, not a bit of it, not a whit, not a jot, not a shadow, in no wise, in no respect, by no means, by no manner of means, on no account, at no hand, dare pondus idonea fumo, magno conatu magnas nugas, small sands the mountain, moments make the year.

N  region, sphere, ground, soil, area, field, realm, hemisphere, quarter, district, beat, orb, circuit, circle, reservation, pale, compartment, department, clearing, (property) &c 780 (Government), 1 arena, precincts, enceinte, walk, march, patch, plot, parcel, inclosure, close, field, court, enclave, reserve, preserve, street, clime, climate, zone, meridian, latitude, biosphere, lithosphere, territorial, local, parochial, provincial, regional.

N  blemish, disfigurement, deformity, adactylism, flaw, defect, injury, spots on the sun, eyesore, stain, blot, spot, spottiness, speck, speckle, blur, tarnish, smudge, dirt, freckle, mole, macula, patch, blotch, birthmark, blobber lip, blubber lip, blain, maculation, scar, wem, pustule, whelk, excrescence, pimple, pitted, freckled, discolored, imperfect, blobber-lipped, bloodshot, injured.

brier patch, estradiol patch, oil patch, patch pocket, patch test, patch up, peyer's patch, shoulder patch, skin patch, transdermal patch, vegetable patch