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patch

patch (third-person singular simple present patches, present participle patching, simple past and past participle patched)

1. To mend by sewing on a piece or pieces of cloth, leather, or the like; as, to patch a coat.
2. To mend with pieces; to repair with pieces fastened on.
3. To repair clumsily; as, to patch the roof of a house.
4. To adorn, as the face, with a patch or patches.
5. To make of pieces or patches like a quilt.
6. To repair as with patches.
7. To arrange in a hasty or clumsy manner; – generally with up; as, to patch up a truce.
8. (computing) To make the changes a patch describes; to apply a patch to the files in question. Hence:
   1. To fix or improve a computer program without a complete upgrade.
   2. To make a quick and possibly temporary change to a program.
   Noun
   

   patch (plural patches)

   
   
   1. 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.

      His sleeves had patches on the elbows, where the material had worn away.

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

      I cant afford to replace the roof, which is what it really needs. Ill have the roofer apply a patch.

   3. A small piece of black silk stuck on the face, or neck, to hide a defect, or to heighten beauty.
   4. (medicine) A piece of material used to cover a wound.
   5. (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.

      Many people use a nicotine patch to wean themselves off of nicotine.

   6. (medicine) A cover worn over a damaged eye, an eyepatch.

      He had scratched his cornea so badly that his doctor told him to wear a patch.

   7. A small area, a small piece of ground; a tract; a plot; as, scattered patches of trees or growing corn.
   8. A period of time.

      The world economy had a rough patch in the 1930s.

   9. (Can we clean up⁽⁺⁾ this sense?) (figuratively) A fit.
   10. A block on the muzzle of a gun, to do away with the effect of dispart, in sighting.
   11. (computing) A file describing changes made to a computer file or files, usually changes made to a computer program that fix a programming bug.
   12. (computing) A patch file, a file used for input to a patch program.
   13. A small piece of material that is manually passed through a gun barrel to clean it.
   14. A piece of greased cloth or leather used as wrapping for a rifle ball, to make it fit the bore.
   15. (often patch cable, patch cord, etc.; see also patch panel) A cable connecting two pieces of electrical equipment.

Definizione dizionario patch

	pezza
	piece of cloth used to repair a garment

asse

patch

tavola

aggiustare

benda

cencio

cerotto

chiazza

correggere un’applicazione

correzione di un’applicazione

macchia

rabberciare

rammendo

rappezzare

rattoppare

rattoppo

toppa

Altri significati:

mend by sewing on cloth

(to) patch

A block on the muzzle of a gun, to do away with the effect of dispart, in sighting.

arrange in a hasty or clumsy manner

(medicine) A piece of material used to cover a wound.

To make of pieces or patches like a quilt.

To mend with pieces; to repair with pieces fastened on.

To adorn, as the face, with a patch or patches.

small piece of anything used to repair a breach

(medicine) A cover worn over a damaged eye, an eyepatch.

small piece of ground

filler (i.e. time, space)

A small piece of anything used to repair a breach; as, a patch on a kettle, a roof, etc.

(computing) To make the changes a patch describes; to apply a patch to the files in question. Hence:

(computing) A file describing changes made to a computer file or files, usually changes made to a computer program that fix a programming bug.

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.

medicine: adhesive piece of material impregnated with a drug

To repair as with patches.

(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.

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 period of time.

To connect two pieces of electrical equipment using a cable.

A small piece of material that is manually passed through a gun barrel to clean it.

To repair clumsily; as, to patch the roof of a house.

A small piece of black silk stuck on the face, or neck, to hide a defect, or to heighten beauty.

A small area, a small piece of ground; a tract; a plot; as, scattered patches of trees or growing corn.

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

(computing) The program that updates old versions of files, based on a record of differences with the newer versions.

(archaic) A paltry fellow; a rogue; a ninny; a fool.

(figuratively) A fit.

computing: file describing changes made to source code

(computing) A patch file, a file used for input to a patch program.

To arrange in a hasty or clumsy manner; – generally with up; as, to patch up a truce.

An update or code modification.