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[syn: patched, spotty, spotted]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Patch \Patch\ (p[a^]ch), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Patched
(p[a^]cht); p. pr. & vb. n. Patching.]
1. To mend by sewing on a piece or pieces of cloth, leather,
or the like; as, to patch a coat.
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2. To mend with pieces; to repair with pieces festened on; to
repair clumsily; as, to patch the roof of a house.
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3. To adorn, as the face, with a patch or patches.
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Ladies who patched both sides of their faces.
--Spectator.
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4. To make of pieces or patches; to repair as with patches;
to arrange in a hasty or clumsy manner; -- generally with
up; as, to patch up a truce. "If you'll patch a quarrel."
--Shak.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
patched \patched\ (p[a^]cht) adj.
1. Mended, usually clumsily by covering a hole with a patch;
as, patched jeans.
[WordNet 1.5 +PJC]
2. [p. p. of patch, v. t..] Partly covered; as, The field
was patched with ice and snow.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
patched
adj 1: mended usually clumsily by covering a hole with a patch;
"patched jeans"
2: 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"
[syn: patched, spotty, spotted]