A piece of cloth, or other suitable material, sewed or otherwise fixed upon a garment to repair or strengthen it, especially upon an old garment to cover a hole.
A small piece of anything used to repair damage or a breach; as, a patch on a kettle, a roof, etc.
A piece of any size, used to repair something for a temporary period only, or that it is temporary because it is not meant to last long or will be removed as soon as a proper repair can be made, which will happen in the near future.
A small, usually contrasting but always somehow different or distinct, part of something else (location, time, size)
(specifically) A small area, a small plot of land or piece of ground.
A local region of professional responsibility.
A small piece of black silk stuck on the face or neck to heighten beauty by contrast, worn by ladies in the 17th and 18th centuries; an imitation beauty mark.
A piece of material used to cover a wound.
An adhesive piece of material, impregnated with a drug, which is worn on the skin, the drug being slowly absorbed over a period of time.
A cover worn over a damaged eye, an eyepatch.
A block on the muzzle of a gun, to do away with the effect of dispart, in sighting.
A patch file, a file that describes changes to be made to a computer file or files, usually changes made to a computer program that fix a programming bug.
A small piece of material that is manually passed through a gun barrel to clean it.
A piece of greased cloth or leather used as wrapping for a rifle ball, to make it fit the bore.
(often patch cable, patch cord etc.; see also patch panel) A cable connecting two pieces of electrical equipment.
A sound setting for a musical synthesizer (originally selected by means of a patch cable).
An overlay used to obtain a stronger impression.
A paltry fellow; a rogue; a ninny; a fool.
To mend by sewing on a piece or pieces of cloth, leather, or the like
To mend with pieces; to repair by fastening pieces on.
To make out of pieces or patches, like a quilt.
To join or unite the pieces of; to patch the skirt.
To employ a temporary, removable electronic connection, as one between two components in a communications system.
(generally with the particle "up") To repair or arrange in a hasty or clumsy manner
To make the changes a patch describes; to apply a patch to the files in question. Hence:
To connect two pieces of electrical equipment using a cable.