1a piece of cloth or other material used to mend or strengthen a torn or weak point:the jacket was of well-worn tweed with leather patches on the elbows
a pad or shield worn over a sightless or injured eye.
a piece of cloth sewn on to clothing as a badge or distinguishing mark:on his sleeve there was a red ‘Freedom’ patch
an adhesive piece of drug-impregnated material worn on the skin so that the drug may be absorbed gradually over a period of time:once the patch is removed, the drug clears from the body tissue after twenty minutes
historical a small disc of black silk worn attached to the face for adornment by women in the 17th and 18th centuries.
2a part of something marked out from the rest by a particular characteristic:his hair was combed forward to hide a growing bald patchthe bird has a bright red patch under its wing
a small area or amount of something:patches of bluebells in the grass
3a small piece of ground, especially one used for gardening:they spent Sundays digging their vegetable patch
British informal an area for which someone is responsible or in which they operate:we didn’t want any secret organizations on our patch
4British informal a particular period of time:he may have been going through a bad patch
5a temporary electrical or telephone connection.
a preset configuration or sound data file in an electronic musical instrument, especially a synthesizer:the guitar player has a certain patch on his FX which he’s happy withsynth patches over an endless drum pattern
6 Computing a small piece of code inserted into a program to improve its functioning or to correct a fault:a program patch that fixes a bug
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1mend or strengthen (fabric or clothing) with a patch:her jeans were neatly patched
cover small areas of (a surface) with something different, causing it to appear variegated:the grass was patched with sandy stretches
2 (patch someone/thing up) informal treat someone’s injuries or repair the damage to something in an improvised way:they did their best to patch up the gaping wounds
(patch something together) construct something hastily from unsuitable components:lean-tos patched together from aluminium siding and planks
(patch something up) restore peaceful or friendly relations after a quarrel or dispute:any ill feeling could be patched up with a phone callthey sent him home to patch things up with his wife
3 [with object and adverbial] connect by a temporary electrical, radio, or telephonic connection:patch me through to number nine
4 Computing improve or correct (a routine or program) by inserting a patch:had he patched our system to recognize a magic password?
not a patch on
British informal greatly inferior to:he no longer looked so handsome—he wasn’t a patch on Peter
