[ { "word": "patch", "phonetic": "/p\u00e6t\u0283/", "phonetics": [ { "text": "/p\u00e6t\u0283/", "audio": "https://api.dictionaryapi.dev/media/pronunciations/en/patch-us.mp3", "sourceUrl": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=825479", "license": { "name": "BY-SA 3.0", "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0" } } ], "meanings": [ { "partOfSpeech": "noun", "definitions": [ { "definition": "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.", "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [], "example": "His sleeves had patches on the elbows where different fabric had been sewn on to replace material that had worn away." }, { "definition": "A small piece of anything used to repair damage or a breach; as, a patch on a kettle, a roof, etc.", "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [], "example": "I can't afford to replace the roof, which is what it really needs. I'll have the roofer apply a patch." }, { "definition": "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.", "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [], "example": "\"This patch should hold until you reach the city,\" the mechanic said as he patted the car's hood." }, { "definition": "A small, usually contrasting but always somehow different or distinct, part of something else (location, time, size)", "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [], "example": "Doesn't that patch of clouds looks like a bunny?" }, { "definition": "(specifically) A small area, a small plot of land or piece of ground.", "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [], "example": "Scattered patches of trees or growing corn." }, { "definition": "A local region of professional responsibility.", "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [] }, { "definition": "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.", "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [] }, { "definition": "A piece of material used to cover a wound.", "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [] }, { "definition": "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.", "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [], "example": "Many people use a nicotine patch to wean themselves off of nicotine." }, { "definition": "A cover worn over a damaged eye, an eyepatch.", "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [], "example": "He had scratched his cornea so badly that his doctor told him to wear a patch." }, { "definition": "A block on the muzzle of a gun, to do away with the effect of dispart, in sighting.", "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [] }, { "definition": "A patch file, a file that describes changes to be made to a computer file or files, usually changes made to a computer program that fix a programming bug.", "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [] }, { "definition": "A small piece of material that is manually passed through a gun barrel to clean it.", "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [] }, { "definition": "A piece of greased cloth or leather used as wrapping for a rifle ball, to make it fit the bore.", "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [] }, { "definition": "(often patch cable, patch cord etc.; see also patch panel) A cable connecting two pieces of electrical equipment.", "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [] }, { "definition": "A sound setting for a musical synthesizer (originally selected by means of a patch cable).", "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [] }, { "definition": "An overlay used to obtain a stronger impression.", "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [] } ], "synonyms": [ "tract", "area", "blotch", "period", "section", "spell", "spot", "stretch", "diff file", "beauty spot" ], "antonyms": [] }, { "partOfSpeech": "verb", "definitions": [ { "definition": "To mend by sewing on a piece or pieces of cloth, leather, or the like", "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [], "example": "My coat needs patching." }, { "definition": "To mend with pieces; to repair by fastening pieces on.", "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [] }, { "definition": "To make out of pieces or patches, like a quilt.", "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [] }, { "definition": "To join or unite the pieces of; to patch the skirt.", "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [] }, { "definition": "To employ a temporary, removable electronic connection, as one between two components in a communications system.", "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [] }, { "definition": "(generally with the particle \"up\") To repair or arrange in a hasty or clumsy manner", "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [], "example": "The truce between the two countries has been patched up." }, { "definition": "To make the changes a patch describes; to apply a patch to the files in question. Hence:", "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [] }, { "definition": "To connect two pieces of electrical equipment using a cable.", "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [], "example": "I'll need to patch the preamp output to the mixer." } ], "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [] } ], "license": { "name": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0" }, "sourceUrls": [ "https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/patch" ] }, { "word": "patch", "phonetic": "/p\u00e6t\u0283/", "phonetics": [ { "text": "/p\u00e6t\u0283/", "audio": "https://api.dictionaryapi.dev/media/pronunciations/en/patch-us.mp3", "sourceUrl": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=825479", "license": { "name": "BY-SA 3.0", "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0" } } ], "meanings": [ { "partOfSpeech": "noun", "definitions": [ { "definition": "A paltry fellow; a rogue; a ninny; a fool.", "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [] } ], "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [] } ], "license": { "name": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0" }, "sourceUrls": [ "https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/patch" ] } ]