patch
IPA: pˈætʃ
noun
- A piece of cloth, or other suitable material, sewed or otherwise fixed upon a garment to repair or strengthen it, especially upon an old garment to cover a hole.
- A small piece of anything used to repair damage or a breach; as, a patch on a kettle, a roof, etc.
- A piece of any size, used to repair something for a temporary period only, or that it is temporary because it is not meant to last long or will be removed as soon as a proper repair can be made, which will happen in the near future.
- A small, usually contrasting but always somehow different or distinct, part of something else (location, time, size)
- (specifically) A small area, a small plot of land or piece of ground.
- A local region of professional responsibility.
- (historical) A small piece of black silk stuck on the face or neck to heighten beauty by contrast, worn by ladies in the 17th and 18th centuries; an imitation beauty mark.
- (medicine) A piece of material used to cover a wound.
- (medicine) An adhesive piece of material, impregnated with a drug, which is worn on the skin, the drug being slowly absorbed over a period of time.
- (medicine) A cover worn over a damaged eye, an eyepatch.
- A block on the muzzle of a gun, to do away with the effect of dispart, in sighting.
- (computing) A patch file, a file that describes changes to be made to a computer file or files, usually changes made to a computer program that fix a programming bug.
- (firearms) A small piece of material that is manually passed through a gun barrel to clean it.
- (firearms) A piece of greased cloth or leather used as wrapping for a rifle ball, to make it fit the bore.
- (often patch cable, patch cord, etc.; see also patch panel) A cable connecting two pieces of electrical equipment.
- (music) A sound setting for a musical synthesizer (originally selected by means of a patch cable).
- (printing, historical) An overlay used to obtain a stronger impression.
- A butterfly of the genus Chlosyne.
- (archaic) A paltry fellow; a rogue; a ninny; a fool.
- A surname.
verb
- To mend by sewing on a piece or pieces of cloth, leather, or the like
- To mend with pieces; to repair by fastening pieces on.
- To make out of pieces or patches, like a quilt.
- To join or unite the pieces of; to patch the skirt.
- To employ a temporary, removable electronic connection, as one between two components in a communications system.
- (generally with the particle "up") To repair or arrange in a hasty or clumsy manner
- (computing) To make the changes a patch describes; to apply a patch to the files in question. Hence:
- To fix or improve a computer program without a complete upgrade.
- To make a quick and possibly temporary change to a program.
- To connect two pieces of electrical equipment using a cable.
Advertisement
Examples of "patch" in Sentences
No Sentences Found for patch
Advertisement
Advertisement