Definitions for patches

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patches patch

Spelling: [pach]

IPA: /pætʃ/

Patches is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 304 anagrams from letters in patches (acehpst).

Definitions for patches

noun

1. a small piece of material used to mend a tear or break, to cover a hole, or to strengthen a weak place:
2. a piece of material used to cover or protect a wound, an injured part, etc.:
3. Also called skin patch, transdermal patch. an adhesive patch that applies to the skin and gradually delivers drugs or medication to the user:
4. any of the pieces of cloth sewed together to form patchwork.
5. a small piece, scrap, or area of anything:
6. a piece or tract of land; plot.
7. a small field, plot, or garden, especially one in which a specific type of plant grows or is cultivated:
8. beauty spot (def 1).
9. Military. a cloth emblem worn on the upper uniform sleeve to identify the military unit of the wearer.
10. a small organizational or affiliational emblem of cloth sewn to one's jacket, shirt, cap, etc.
11. a connection or hookup, as between radio circuits or telephone lines:
12. a period of time characterized by some quality:
13. Computers. a small piece of code designed to be inserted into an executable program in order to fix errors in, or update the program or its supporting data.
14. a clown, fool, or booby.
15. Alexander McCarrell [muh-kar-uh l] /məˈkær əl/ (Show IPA), 1889–1945, U.S. World War II general.

verb (used with object)

1. to mend, cover, or strengthen with or as if with a patch or patches.
2. to repair or restore, especially in a hasty or makeshift way (usually followed by up).
3. to make by joining patches or pieces together:
4. to settle or smooth over (a quarrel, difference, etc.) (often followed by up):
5. (especially in radio and telephone communications) to connect or hook up (circuits, programs, conversations, etc.) (often followed by through, into, etc.):

verb (used without object)

1. to make a connection between radio circuits, telephone lines, etc. (often followed by in or into):

Origin of patches

1350-1400; Middle English pacche; perhaps akin to Old Provençal pedas piece to cover a hole Vulgar Latin *pedaceum literally, something measured; compare Medieval Latin pedāre to measure in f

Examples for patches

I called my sketch "A patch of Light," and sent it to a magazine.

A powder-blue blazer with a patch reading “All-Time All-American” hung in a clear plastic bag from the closet doorknob.

There was patch after was drowned out of a curagh that turned over.

But the illusions of peace and tranquility soon crumble around them like a patch of freshly laid snow.

There was a patch of congealed blood behind his head: “Except for the blood…the dead man looked immaculate.”

But while this basic maintenance was important, the "main focus is giving [volunteers] more interaction" said patch.

By and by, they stood just outside the patch of light that fell from one of the windows.

Nobody else thought that his patch, on a 60-degree angled slope, was viable as a vineyard.

I s'pose you're sorry some of us didn't get all cut up and bruised, so you could patch us up.

I see that he has a patch over his eye, even as he had at Poictiers.