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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun patch has 9 senses

• patch(n = noun.attribute) dapple, fleck, maculation, speckle, spot - a small contrasting part of something; "a bald spot"; "a leopard's spots"; "a patch of clouds"; "patches of thin ice"; "a fleck of red"
is a kind of marking
has particulars: pinpoint, speck, nebula, splash, fret, worn spot, plaque, macula, macule, mock sun, parhelion, sundog, macula, sunspot, facula, facula
Derived forms verb patch₂, adjective patchy₁

• patch(n = noun.location) plot, plot of ground, plot of land - a small area of ground covered by specific vegetation; "a bean plot"; "a cabbage patch"; "a briar patch"
has particulars: bed, garden
is a kind of parcel, parcel of land, piece of ground, piece of land, tract

• patch(n = noun.artifact) Array - a piece of cloth used as decoration or to mend or cover a hole; Array
has particulars: flash, pasty, shoulder patch
is a kind of piece of cloth, piece of material
Derived form verb patch₁

• patch(n = noun.time) piece, spell, while - a period of indeterminate length (usually short) marked by some action or condition; "he was here for a little while"; "I need to rest for a piece"; "a spell of good weather"; "a patch of bad weather"
is a kind of time
has particulars: cold snap, cold spell, hot spell, snap

• patch(n = noun.communication) Array - a short set of commands to correct a bug in a computer program; Array
is a kind of computer program, computer programme, program, programme

• patch(n = noun.artifact) temporary hookup - a connection intended to be used for a limited time; Array
is a kind of connecter, connection, connective, connector, connexion, contrivance, lash-up

• patch(n = noun.artifact) darn, mend - sewing that repairs a worn or torn hole (especially in a garment); "her stockings had several mends"
is a kind of sewing, stitchery
Derived forms verb patch₃, verb patch₁

• patch(n = noun.artifact) eyepatch - a protective cloth covering for an injured eye; Array
is a kind of cloth covering

• patch(n = noun.artifact) bandage - a piece of soft material that covers and protects an injured part of the body; Array
has particulars: adhesive bandage, capeline bandage, cast, plaster bandage, plaster cast, compression bandage, tourniquet, elastic bandage, four-tailed bandage, immovable bandage, oblique bandage, roller bandage, scarf bandage, sling, triangular bandage, suspensory, suspensory bandage, swathe, wrapping, truss
is a kind of dressing, medical dressing
has parts: gauze, gauze bandage

Verb patch has 4 senses

• patch(v = verb.contact) piece - to join or unite the pieces of; "patch the skirt"
is one way to conjoin, join
Derived forms noun patch₇, noun patch₃, noun patching₁
Sample sentence:
They patch the cape

• patch(v = verb.possession) Array - provide with a patch; also used metaphorically; "The field was patched with snow"
is one way to furnish, provide, render, supply
Derived forms noun patch₁, noun patching₁
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something

• patch(v = verb.change) patch up - mend by putting a patch on; "patch a hole"
is one way to bushel, doctor, fix, furbish up, mend, repair, restore, touch on
Derived forms noun patch₇, noun patching₁
Sample sentence:
They patch the cape

• patch(v = verb.change) piece - repair by adding pieces; "She pieced the china cup"
is one way to bushel, doctor, fix, furbish up, mend, repair, restore, touch on
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something

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THESAURUS

patch

Hershey bar, X ray, actinic ray, actinism, area, atomic beam, atomic ray, aviation badge, badge, bailiwick, bar, bat out, beam, beam of light, birthmark, blaze, blemish, block, bloodstain, blot, blotch, blur, botch, brand, bring to terms, bungle, bury the hatchet, caste mark, check, checkmark, chevron, chicken, chip, cicatrix, clearing, clos, close, cobble, come to terms, commission, condition, corn field, cover, croft, crumb, cultivated land, cut, dab, dapple, dappledness, dappleness, darn, dash off, daub, discoloration, do anyhow, do by halves, do carelessly, do offhand, do up, doctor, dot, dottedness, eagle, earmark, enclave, engraving, epaulet, episode, experience, eyesore, fake up, field, fix, fix up, fleck, flick, flyspeck, forty, freckle, freckliness, fudge up, gamma ray, gash, gleam, graving, ground, hack, hash mark, hayfield, heal, improvise, infrared ray, insignia of branch, interval, invisible radiation, jot, jury-rig, knock off, knock out, knock together, knock up, kraal, lash up, leam, lentigo, lot, macula, maculation, macule, mark, marking, mend, mole, morceau, morsel, mottle, mottledness, nevus, nick, nip, notch, oak leaf, organization insignia, overhaul, overseas bar, pad, paddy, pale, parachute badge, parcel, parcel of land, patch together, patch up, pencil, period, photon, piece, piece of land, pip, plat, plot, plot of ground, point, pointillage, pointillism, polka dot, pound out, prick, puncture, put in commission, put in order, put in repair, put in shape, quad, quadrangle, radiation, radiorays, ray, ray of light, ready, real estate, rebuild, recap, reconcile, recondition, reconstruct, reinforce, reinforcement, repair, resolve, responsibility, retread, revamp, ribbon, ribbon of light, rice paddy, rough out, roughcast, roughhew, scar, scarification, score, scotch, scrap, scratch, scratching, section, segment, service, service stripe, set right, set straight, set to rights, settle, sew up, shiver, shoulder patch, shoulder sleeve insignia, shred, slap up, sliver, smear, smirch, smithereen, smouch, smudge, smut, smutch, snick, snip, snippet, solar rays, spatter, speck, speckle, speckliness, spell, splash, splatter, splinter, splotch, spot, spottedness, spottiness, spread eagle, square, stage, stain, star, stigma, stipple, stippledness, stippling, stitch, straighten out, strawberry mark, streak, stream, stream of light, streamer, stripe, submarine badge, tag, taint, tarnish, tatter, tattoo, tattoo mark, territory, throw off, throw together, tick, time, tinker, tinker up, tittle, toss off, toss out, toss together, tract, trifle with, ultraviolet ray, vamp, violet ray, watermark, wheat field, whomp up

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Smallness

N smallness, littleness, tenuity, paucity, fewness, meanness, insignificance (unimportance), mediocrity, moderation, small quantity, modicum, trace, hint, minimum, vanishing point, material point, atom, particle, molecule, corpuscle, point, speck, dot, mote, jot, iota, ace, minutiae, details, look, thought, idea, soupcon, dab, dight, whit, tittle, shade, shadow, spark, scintilla, gleam, touch, cast, grain, scruple, granule, globule, minim, sup, sip, sop, spice, drop, droplet, sprinkling, dash, morceau, screed, smack, tinge, tincture, inch, patch, scantling, tatter, cantlet, flitter, gobbet, mite, bit, morsel, crumb, seed, fritter, shive, snip, snippet, snick, snack, snatch, slip, scrag, chip, chipping, shiver, sliver, driblet, clipping, paring, shaving, hair, nutshell, thimbleful, spoonful, handful, capful, mouthful, fragment, fraction, drop in the ocean, animalcule, trifle, mere nothing, next to nothing, hardly anything, just enough to swear by, the shadow of a shade, finiteness, finite quantity, small, little, diminutive, minute, fine, inconsiderable, paltry, faint, slender, light, slight, scanty, scant, limited, meager, sparing, few, low, so-so, middling, tolerable, no great shakes, below par, under par, below the mark, at a low ebb, halfway, moderate, modest, tender, subtle, inappreciable, evanescent, infinitesimal, homeopathic, very small, atomic, corpuscular, microscopic, molecular, subatomic, mere, simple, sheer, stark, bare, near run, dull, petty, shallow, stolid, ungifted, unintelligent, to a small extent, on a small scale, a little bit, a wee bit, slightly, imperceptibly, miserably, wretchedly, insufficiently, imperfectly, faintly, passably, pretty well, well enough, partially, in part, in a certain degree, to a certain degree, to a certain extent, comparatively, some, rather in some degree, in some measure, something, somewhat, simply, only, purely, merely, at least, at the least, at most, at the most, ever so little, as little as may be, tant soit peu, in ever so small a degree, thus far, pro tanto, within bounds, in a manner, after a fashion, so to speak, almost, nearly, well-nigh, short of, not quite, all but, near upon, close upon, peu s'en faut, near the mark, within an ace of, within an inch of, on the brink of, scarcely, hardly, barely, only just, no more than, about, thereabouts, somewhere about, nearly, say, be the same, be little more or less, no ways, no way, no wise, not at all, not in the least, not a bit, not a bit of it, not a whit, not a jot, not a shadow, in no wise, in no respect, by no means, by no manner of means, on no account, at no hand, dare pondus idonea fumo, magno conatu magnas nugas, small sands the mountain, moments make the year.

Region

N region, sphere, ground, soil, area, field, realm, hemisphere, quarter, district, beat, orb, circuit, circle, reservation, pale, compartment, department, clearing, (property) &c 780 (Government), 1 arena, precincts, enceinte, walk, march, patch, plot, parcel, inclosure, close, field, court, enclave, reserve, preserve, street, clime, climate, zone, meridian, latitude, biosphere, lithosphere, territorial, local, parochial, provincial, regional.

Blemish

N blemish, disfigurement, deformity, adactylism, flaw, defect, injury, spots on the sun, eyesore, stain, blot, spot, spottiness, speck, speckle, blur, tarnish, smudge, dirt, freckle, mole, macula, patch, blotch, birthmark, blobber lip, blubber lip, blain, maculation, scar, wem, pustule, whelk, excrescence, pimple, pitted, freckled, discolored, imperfect, blobber-lipped, bloodshot, injured.

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