patches
Meaning of patches
plural noun
- 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
- 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
- a small piece of ground, especially one used for gardening.
they spent Sundays digging their vegetable patch
- a particular period of time.
he may have been going through a bad patch
- a temporary electrical or telephone connection.
- 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
- mend or strengthen (fabric or clothing) with a patch.
her jeans were neatly patched
- treat someone's injuries or repair the damage to something in an improvised way.
they did their best to patch up the gaping wounds
- connect by a temporary electrical, radio, or telephonic connection.
patch me through to number nine
- 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:
Meaning a large irregular patch or unsightly mark on the skin or another surface:
Meaning a small area on a surface having a different colour from its surroundings, typically one caused by damage or dirt:
Meaning a light explosive sound:
Meaning a small round or roundish mark, differing in colour or texture from the surface around it:
Meaning a blurred or smeared mark on the surface of something:
Meaning a small round mark or spot:
Meaning a tiny spot:
Meaning a small spot or patch of colour:
Meaning a mark or streak of a greasy or sticky substance:
Meaning a coloured patch or dirty mark that is difficult to remove:
Meaning a continuous period of specified success or luck:
Meaning a long, narrow band or strip differing in colour or texture from the surface on either side of it:
Meaning a small mark or flaw which spoils the appearance of something:
Meaning an unusual, typically permanent, mark on someone's body which is there from birth:
Meaning a large blob or smear of something; a splotch:
Meaning a blob or smear of something, typically a liquid:
Meaning a birthmark or a mole on the skin, especially a birthmark in the form of a raised red patch:
Meaning a small piece of ground marked out for a purpose such as building or gardening:
Meaning a region or part of a town, a country, or the world:
Meaning a portion of an object or of material, produced by cutting, tearing, or breaking the whole:
Meaning an act of undressing, especially in a striptease:
Meaning a number of people or things in a more or less straight line:
Meaning a particular group or set of people or things:
Meaning an area of land, typically a large one:
Meaning a piece of land, especially one considered as part of an estate:
Meaning an area of ground, typically in a garden, where flowers and plants are grown:
Meaning a line separating two countries, administrative divisions, or other areas:
Meaning a plot of land rented by an individual for growing vegetables or flowers:
Meaning a length or portion of time:
Meaning an indefinite period:
Meaning write or name the letters that form (a word) in correct sequence:
Meaning a stage in a person's psychological development, especially a period of temporary difficulty during adolescence or a particular stage during childhood:
Meaning an act of stretching one's limbs or body:
Meaning an intervening time:
Meaning a person's fixed or allotted period of work:
Meaning a continuous spell of a particular situation or condition:
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:
Meaning the full extent of something from end to end; the amount of space that something covers:
Meaning the area covered by something:
Meaning repair (something that is broken or damaged):
Meaning restore (something damaged, faulty, or worn) to a good condition:
Meaning put something on top of or in front of (something), especially in order to protect or conceal it:
Meaning join, fasten, or repair (something) by making stitches with a needle and thread or a sewing machine:
Meaning make, mend, or join (something) with stitches:
Meaning a small round stone used to cover road surfaces:
Meaning carry out (a task) badly or carelessly:
Anagrams of patches
Words that rhyme with patches
Ches, Apaches, Naches, Urspraches, aches, aircoaches, apaches, appeaches, approaches, areaches, baches, backaches, beaches, bellyaches, berdaches, bleaches, braches, breaches, broaches, caches, calaches, caroaches, coaches, cockroaches, daycoaches, detaches, earaches, empeaches, empleaches, encroaches, forereaches, foreteaches, ganaches, gouaches, headaches, headreaches, heartaches, huaraches, huisaches, impeaches, impleaches, kolaches, laches, leaches, loaches, maches, mailcoaches, misteaches, moustaches, mustaches
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