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