B2verb · intransitive · common

patch

patch · patches · patched · patching

flicken, patchen

To mend by sewing on a piece or pieces of cloth, leather, or the likeTo mend by sewing on a piece or pieces of cloth, leather, or the like.

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/pæt͡ʃ/

» Tom hoped to patch things up with Mary.

Tom hoffte, seine Beziehung zu Maria wieder ins Lot bringen zu können.

Meaning

9 senses

To mend by sewing on a piece or pieces of cloth, leather, or the like.
My coat needs patching.
flicken
To mend with pieces; to repair by fastening pieces on.
repair by adding pieces
To make out of pieces or patches, like a quilt.
I patched together this quilt.
To join or unite the pieces of; to patch the skirt.
to join or unite the pieces of
To employ a temporary, removable electronic connection, as one between two components in a communications system.
To repair or arrange in a hasty or clumsy manner
The truce between the two countries has been patched up.
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.
patchen
To make a quick and possibly temporary change to a program.
To connect two pieces of electrical equipment using a cable.
I'll need to patch the preamp output to the mixer.

Examples

134 sentences

Tom hoped to patch things up with Mary.
deTom hoffte, seine Beziehung zu Maria wieder ins Lot bringen zu können.
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Tom has been going through a rough patch lately.
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Tom has patches on the knees of his jeans.
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Tom was wearing a patch over one of his eyes.
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It'll take some time, but I think we can patch things up.
ruНа это потребуется какое-то время, но я думаю, что мы можем помириться.
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Translations

7 languages

Deutsch

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mend by sewing on cloth:

computing: update source code with a patch:

Origin

From Middle English patche, of uncertain origin. Perhaps an alteration of earlier Middle E

From Middle English patche, of uncertain origin. Perhaps an alteration of earlier Middle English placche (“patch, spot, piece of cloth”), from Old English *plæċċ, *pleċċ (“a spot, mark, patch”), from Proto-West Germanic *plakkju, from Proto-Germanic *plakjō (“spot, stain”). For the loss of l compare pat from Middle English platten. Germanic cognates would then include Middle English plecke, dialectal English pleck (“plot of ground, patch”), West Frisian plak (“place, spot”), Low German Plakk, Plakke (“spot, piece, patch”), Dutch plek (“spot, place, stain, patch”), Dutch plak (“piece, slab”), Swedish plagg (“garment”), Faroese plagg (“cloth, rag”).

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