wikipedia|dab=patch
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Pronunciation
IPA|/pæt�/
audio|en-us-patch.ogg|Audio (US)
:rhymes|æt�

Noun
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1. A piece of cloth, or other suitable material, sewed or otherwise fixed upon a garment to repair or strengthen it, esp. upon an old garment to cover a hole.
2. A small piece of anything used to repair a breach; as, a patch on a kettle, a roof, etc.
3. A small piece of black silk stuck on the face, or neck, to hide a defect, or to heighten beauty.
4. A piece of greased cloth or leather used as wrapping for a rifle ball, to make it fit the bore.
5. A small area, a small piece of ground; a tract; a plot; as, scattered patches of trees or growing corn.
6. A short period of time, especially one which causes trouble.
7. figuratively A fit.
8. A block on the muzzle of a gun, to do away with the effect of dispart, in sighting.
9. archaic A paltry fellow; a rogue; a ninny; a fool.
10. computing A file describing changes made to a computer file or files, usually changes made to a computer program that fix a programming bug. A patch file, a file used for input to a patch program.
11. 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.
12. A small piece of material that is manually passed through a gun barrel to clean it.

Synonyms
i-c|computing diff file

Translations
trans-top|piece of cloth used to repair something
Czech: záplata f
Swedish: lapp
Danish: lap c
Finnish: paikka
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Portuguese: remendo m
Slovak: záplata#Slovak|záplata f
Turkish: yama
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trans-top|small piece of anything used to repair something
Danish: lap c
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Finnish: paikka
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trans-top|piece of black silk stuck to the face
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trans-top|piece of greased cloth used to wrap a rifle ball
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trans-top|small piece (of ground, etc)
Danish: bed n, jordstykke n
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Korean: ë°­ (bat)
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trans-top|block on the muzzle of a gun
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trans-top|fool
See fool
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trans-top|computing: a file describing changes made to source code
Czech: záplata f
Finnish: pätsi (colloquial), paikkaus, korjaustiedosto
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trans-top|adhesive piece worn on the skin
Czech: náplast f
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Proper noun
en-proper noun

1. computing The program that updates old versions of files, based on a record of differences with the newer versions.

Usage notes
The proper noun "patch" is written in lower case because of Unix conventions and its case sensitive|case sensitivity.

Verb
en-verb|patches|patching|patched

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 fastened on.
3. To repair clumsily; as, to patch the roof of a house.
4. To adorn, as the face, with a patch or patches.
5. To make of pieces or patches like a quilt.
6. To repair as with patches.
7. To arrange in a hasty or clumsy manner; � generally with up; as, to patch up a truce.
8. 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.

Translations
trans-top|mend by sewing on cloth
Finnish: paikata
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trans-top|mend with pieces
Finnish: paikata
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trans-top|repair clumsily
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trans-top|adorn with patches (small pieces of black silk)
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trans-top|make of pieces or patches
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trans-top|repair as with patches
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trans-top|arrange in a hasty or clumsy manner
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trans-top|computing: update source code with a patch
Finnish: paikata
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Derived terms
apply a patch
cabbage patch
not a patch on
patch file
patch up
patchwork
patchy

Related terms
diff
diff file

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