[Elamur Dictionary](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/patch/) [dictionaries](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [English](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/) / [P](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/p/) / patch # patch noun (a patch, patches); verb (patch, patches, patched, patching — patch up) «patch» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova. ## Everyday 1. A patch is a small piece of material sewn or stuck over a hole or a worn place, like on the knee of jeans. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/patch/#m1) 2. A patch is a small area that looks different from what is around it, like a wet patch or a patch of ice. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/patch/#m2) 3. A patch is a small piece of land for growing things, like a vegetable patch. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/patch/#m3) 4. An eye patch is a cover worn over one eye. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/patch/#m4) 5. A patch is a sticky piece put on the skin that slowly gives medicine. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/patch/#m5) 6. To patch means to mend with a patch, or to make a quick repair. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/patch/#m6) 7. To patch things up means to make friends again after an argument. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/patch/#m7) ### In the lessons Everyday and safety: watch out for patches of ice on paths in winter; tyres get patched when punctured; badges are sewn on as patches (like Scout and Guide badges). In science and nature: animals with patches of colour, sunny and shady patches. In feelings: «a rough patch» is a hard time; friends «patch things up». On computers, a «patch» is a small update that fixes problems. Phrases: «a patch of», «vegetable patch», «pumpkin patch», «patch up», «a rough patch», «not a patch on» (nowhere near as good as). ### Examples - Mum sewed a patch on the knee of my trousers. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/patch/#x1) - Be careful of the icy patch on the path. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/patch/#x2) - We grow carrots in our vegetable patch. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/patch/#x3) - The pirate wore an eye patch. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/patch/#x4) - We went to the pumpkin patch to choose a pumpkin. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/patch/#x5) - The dog has a white patch over one eye. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/patch/#x6) - Dad patched the hole in my bike tyre. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/patch/#x7) - After the argument they patched things up. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/patch/#x8) - The computer needs a security patch. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/patch/#x9) - ‘Here are some shoes for you to patch.’ [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/patch/#x10) ### Note Plural and verb with he/she/it: «patches». Past: «patched». «Not a patch on» (UK) means much worse than. A «patchy» thing is uneven, with bits here and there (patchy fog). ## In Jewish tradition Here "patched up" means mended with pieces of cloth. The Gibeonites wore patched clothes and worn sacks to look like travelers from far away. **Interpretation.** The tradition reads this as a clever trick. Israel made a treaty without asking God, and the Gibeonites became woodcutters and water-carriers for the Tabernacle. ### Examples - they also did work wilily, and went and made as if they had been ambassadors, and took old sacks upon their asses, and wine skins, worn and rent and patched up; (Prophets JOS.9.4, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/patch/#x1) ### Note Plural and verb with he/she/it: «patches». Past: «patched». «Not a patch on» (UK) means much worse than. A «patchy» thing is uneven, with bits here and there (patchy fog). ## On Mova - [Trees and pragmatics of «patch» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/patch/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames. - [«patch» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/patch.html) on Mova free. - [Trees and pragmatics of «patch» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/patch/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames. - [«patch» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/patch.html) on Mova free.