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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)

{{q|specifically}} A small area, a small plot of land or piece of ground.

A local region of professional responsibility.

(historical) 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.

(medicine) A piece of material used to cover a wound.

(medicine) 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.

(medicine) 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.

(Q208218) (computing) A piece of data intended to modify a computer file by replacing a part of it.

(firearms) A small piece of material that is manually passed through a gun barrel to clean it.

(firearms) A piece of greased cloth or leather used as wrapping for a rifle ball, to make it fit the bore.

{{lb|en|often|patch cable, patch cord{{,}} etc.; see also patch panel}} A cable connecting two pieces of electrical equipment.

(music) A sound setting for a musical synthesizer (originally selected by means of a patch cable).

(historical) An overlay used to obtain a stronger impression.

A butterfly of the genus (genus).

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

(computing) To make the changes a patch describes; to apply a patch to the files in question. Hence:

To fix or improve a computer program without a complete upgrade.

To make a quick and possibly temporary change to a program.

To connect two pieces of electrical equipment using a cable.

(archaic) A paltry fellow; a rogue; a ninny; a fool.