• a piece of soft material that covers and protects an injured part of the body
• a protective cloth covering for an injured eye
• sewing or darning that repairs a worn or torn hole (especially in a garment); "her stockings had several mends"
• a piece of cloth used as decoration or to mend or cover a hole
• a connection intended to be used for a limited time
• a small contrasting part of something; "a bald spot"; "a leopard''s spots"; "a Patch of clouds"; "Patches of thin ice"; "a fleck of red"
• a short set of commands to correct a bug in a computer program
• a small area of ground covered by specific vegetation; "a bean plot"; "a cabbage Patch"; "a briar Patch"
• a period of indeterminate length (usually short) marked by some action or condition; "he was here for a little while"; "I need to rest for a piece"; "a spell of good weather"; "a Patch of bad weather"
• repair by adding pieces; "She pieced the china cup"
• mend by putting a Patch on; "Patch a hole"
• to join or unite the pieces of; "Patch the skirt"
• provide with a Patch; also used metaphorically; "The field was Patched with snow"

'Patch' in other languages