Word Study
patched
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adjective patched has 2 senses
- patched(s = adj.all) Array - mended usually clumsily by covering a hole with a patch; "patched jeans"
- patched(s = adj.all) spotted, spotty - having spots or patches (small areas of contrasting color or texture); "a field patched with ice and snow"; "the wall had a spotty speckled effect"; "a black-and-white spotted cow"
CIDE DICTIONARY
patched, adj.
- Mended, usually clumsily by covering a hole with a patch; as, patched jeans. [WordNet 1.5]
- Partly covered; as, The field was patched with ice and snow. [WordNet 1.5]
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