patch
patch /p'ætʃ/ (patches patching patched)
1 [N-COUNT] usu with supp
A patch on a surface is a part of it which is different in appearance from the area around it.
...the bald patch on the top of his head...
There was a small patch of blue in the grey clouds.
2 [N-COUNT] with supp, oft N of n
A patch of land is a small area of land where a particular plant or crop grows.
...a patch of land covered in forest.
...the little vegetable patch in her backyard.
3 [N-COUNT]
A patch is a piece of material which you use to cover a hole in something.
...jackets with patches on the elbows.
4 [N-COUNT]
A patch is a small piece of material which you wear to cover an injured eye.
She went to the hospital and found him lying down with a patch over his eye.
see also eye patch
5 [VERB] V n, V-ed
If you patch something that has a hole in it, you mend it by fastening a patch over the hole.
He and Walker patched the barn roof...
...their patched clothes.
6 [N-COUNT]
A patch is a piece of computer program code written as a temporary solution for dealing with a virus in computer software and distributed by the makers of the original program. (COMPUTING)
Older machines will need a software patch to be loaded to correct the date.
7 [PHRASE] N inflects
If you have or go through a bad patch or a rough patch, you have a lot of problems for a time. (mainly BRIT)
His marriage was going through a bad patch...
8 [PHRASE] v-link PHR, PHR n
If you say that someone or something is not a patch on another person or thing, you mean that they are not as good as that person or thing. (BRIT INFORMAL)
Handsome, she thought, but not a patch on Alex.eye patch (eye patches)
[N-COUNT]
An eye patch is a piece of material which you wear over your eye when you have damaged or injured it.patch up
1 [PHRASAL VERB] V P n (not pron), V P n (not pron) with n, V n P with n, V n P
If you patch up a quarrel or relationship, you try to be friendly again and not to quarrel any more.
She has gone on holiday with her husband to try to patch up their marriage...
He has now patched up his differences with the Minister...
France patched things up with New Zealand...
They managed to patch it up.
2 [PHRASAL VERB] V P n (not pron), also V n P
If you patch up something which is damaged, you mend it or patch it.
We can patch up those holes...
3 [PHRASAL VERB] V n P, V P n (not pron)
If doctors patch someone up or patch their wounds up, they treat their injuries.
...the medical staff who patched her up after the accident...
Emergency surgery patched up his face.
1 [N-COUNT] usu with supp
A patch on a surface is a part of it which is different in appearance from the area around it.
...the bald patch on the top of his head...
There was a small patch of blue in the grey clouds.
2 [N-COUNT] with supp, oft N of n
A patch of land is a small area of land where a particular plant or crop grows.
...a patch of land covered in forest.
...the little vegetable patch in her backyard.
3 [N-COUNT]
A patch is a piece of material which you use to cover a hole in something.
...jackets with patches on the elbows.
4 [N-COUNT]
A patch is a small piece of material which you wear to cover an injured eye.
She went to the hospital and found him lying down with a patch over his eye.
see also eye patch
5 [VERB] V n, V-ed
If you patch something that has a hole in it, you mend it by fastening a patch over the hole.
He and Walker patched the barn roof...
...their patched clothes.
6 [N-COUNT]
A patch is a piece of computer program code written as a temporary solution for dealing with a virus in computer software and distributed by the makers of the original program. (COMPUTING)
Older machines will need a software patch to be loaded to correct the date.
7 [PHRASE] N inflects
If you have or go through a bad patch or a rough patch, you have a lot of problems for a time. (mainly BRIT)
His marriage was going through a bad patch...
8 [PHRASE] v-link PHR, PHR n
If you say that someone or something is not a patch on another person or thing, you mean that they are not as good as that person or thing. (BRIT INFORMAL)
Handsome, she thought, but not a patch on Alex.eye patch (eye patches)
[N-COUNT]
An eye patch is a piece of material which you wear over your eye when you have damaged or injured it.patch up
1 [PHRASAL VERB] V P n (not pron), V P n (not pron) with n, V n P with n, V n P
If you patch up a quarrel or relationship, you try to be friendly again and not to quarrel any more.
She has gone on holiday with her husband to try to patch up their marriage...
He has now patched up his differences with the Minister...
France patched things up with New Zealand...
They managed to patch it up.
2 [PHRASAL VERB] V P n (not pron), also V n P
If you patch up something which is damaged, you mend it or patch it.
We can patch up those holes...
3 [PHRASAL VERB] V n P, V P n (not pron)
If doctors patch someone up or patch their wounds up, they treat their injuries.
...the medical staff who patched her up after the accident...
Emergency surgery patched up his face.