Patch v. t. [imp. & p. p. Patched p. pr. & vb. n. Patching.]
1. To mend by sewing on a piece or pieces of cloth, leather, or the like; as, to patch a coat.
2. To mend with pieces; to repair with pieces festened on; to repair clumsily; as, to patch the roof of a house.
3. To adorn, as the face, with a patch or patches.
Ladies who patched both sides of their faces. --Spectator.
4. To make of pieces or patches; to repair as with patches; to arrange in a hasty or clumsy manner; -- generally with up; as, to patch up a truce. “If you'll patch a quarrel.”
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patched
adj 1: mended usually clumsily by covering a hole with a patch;
"patched jeans"
2: having spots or patches (small areas of contrasting color or
texture); "a field patched with ice and snow"; "a
black-and-white spotted cow" [syn: spotted]