patches

Meaning of patches

plural noun
  1. a 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
  2. a part of something marked out from the rest by a particular characteristic.
    his hair was combed forward to hide a growing bald patch
    the bird has a bright red patch under its wing
  3. a small piece of ground, especially one used for gardening.
    they spent Sundays digging their vegetable patch
  4. a particular period of time.
    he may have been going through a bad patch
  5. a temporary electrical or telephone connection.
  6. 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
verb, 3rd person present
  1. mend or strengthen (fabric or clothing) with a patch.
    her jeans were neatly patched
  2. treat someone's injuries or repair the damage to something in an improvised way.
    they did their best to patch up the gaping wounds
  3. connect by a temporary electrical, radio, or telephonic connection.
    patch me through to number nine
  4. improve or correct (a routine or program) by inserting a patch.
    had he patched our system to recognize a magic password?

late Middle English: perhaps from a variant of Old French pieche, dialect variant of piece ‘piece’.

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Hyphenation of patches

patches

  • It consists of 1 syllables and 7 chars.
  • patches is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

patches synonyms

Meaning the action or process of reinforcing or strengthening:

reinforcement

Meaning a large irregular patch or unsightly mark on the skin or another surface:

blotch

Meaning a small area on a surface having a different colour from its surroundings, typically one caused by damage or dirt:

mark

Meaning a light explosive sound:

pop

Meaning a small round or roundish mark, differing in colour or texture from the surface around it:

spot

Meaning a blurred or smeared mark on the surface of something:

smudge

Meaning a small round mark or spot:

dot

Meaning a tiny spot:

speck

Meaning a small spot or patch of colour:

speckle

Meaning a mark or streak of a greasy or sticky substance:

smear

Meaning a coloured patch or dirty mark that is difficult to remove:

stain

Meaning a continuous period of specified success or luck:

streak

Meaning a long, narrow band or strip differing in colour or texture from the surface on either side of it:

stripe

Meaning a small mark or flaw which spoils the appearance of something:

blemish

Meaning an unusual, typically permanent, mark on someone's body which is there from birth:

birthmark

Meaning a large blob or smear of something; a splotch:

splodge

Meaning a blob or smear of something, typically a liquid:

splotch

Meaning a birthmark or a mole on the skin, especially a birthmark in the form of a raised red patch:

naevus

Meaning a small piece of ground marked out for a purpose such as building or gardening:

plot

Meaning a region or part of a town, a country, or the world:

area

Meaning a portion of an object or of material, produced by cutting, tearing, or breaking the whole:

piece

Meaning an act of undressing, especially in a striptease:

strip

Meaning a number of people or things in a more or less straight line:

row

Meaning a particular group or set of people or things:

lot

Meaning an area of land, typically a large one:

tract

Meaning a piece of land, especially one considered as part of an estate:

parcel

Meaning an area of ground, typically in a garden, where flowers and plants are grown:

bed

Meaning a line separating two countries, administrative divisions, or other areas:

border

Meaning a plot of land rented by an individual for growing vegetables or flowers:

allotment

Meaning a length or portion of time:

period

Meaning an indefinite period:

time

Meaning write or name the letters that form (a word) in correct sequence:

spell

Meaning a stage in a person's psychological development, especially a period of temporary difficulty during adolescence or a particular stage during childhood:

phase

Meaning an act of stretching one's limbs or body:

stretch

Meaning an intervening time:

interval

Meaning a person's fixed or allotted period of work:

stint

Meaning a continuous spell of a particular situation or condition:

run

Meaning a word or phrase used to describe a thing or to express a concept, especially in a particular kind of language or branch of study:

term

Meaning the full extent of something from end to end; the amount of space that something covers:

span

Meaning the area covered by something:

extent

Meaning repair (something that is broken or damaged):

mend

Meaning restore (something damaged, faulty, or worn) to a good condition:

repair

Meaning put something on top of or in front of (something), especially in order to protect or conceal it:

cover

Meaning join, fasten, or repair (something) by making stitches with a needle and thread or a sewing machine:

sew

Meaning make, mend, or join (something) with stitches:

stitch

Meaning a small round stone used to cover road surfaces:

cobble

Meaning carry out (a task) badly or carelessly:

botch

Anagrams of patches

hepcats

Words that rhyme with patches

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