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patchnoun a small area that is different (as in color) from the main parta black cat with a small patch of white next to her nose blotch, dapple, dot, eyespot, fleck, mottle, pip, point, speck, speckle, splotch, spot birthmark, freckle, moleblob, blot, mark, smear, smudge, smutch, stainspatter, splashpolka dot a very small piecea patch of land hardly big enough for a garden atom, bit, crumb, dribble, fleck, flyspeck, grain, granule, molecule, morsel, mote, nubbin, nugget, particle, scrap, scruple, snip, snippet, speck, tittle ace, dab, dash, driblet, drop, fraction, haet(chiefly Scottish), halfpenny, ha'penny, iota, jot, kenning(chiefly Scottish), lick, minim, mite, modicum, nutshell, ounce, pinch, shred, smatter, smidgen(also smidgeon or smidgin or smidge), spot, strain, streak, suspicion, taste, touch, trace, whisper, whitbite, mouthful, nibble, tidbit(also titbit)fragment, part, portion, sectionchip, flake, shard, shiver, sliver, splinterclipping, paring, shavingsmithereens chunk, gob, hunk, lump, slababundance, barrel, bucket, bushel, deal, heaps, loads, mass, mountain, peck, pile, pot, profusion, quantity, raft, scads, stack, volume, wad, wealth patchverbto put into good shape or working order againpatch the tire and it'll be as good as new doctor, fix, mend, recondition, renovate, repair, revamp fix up, furbish, overhaul, rebuild, reconstruct, refurbishaid, cure, heal, helpcondition, prepare, readycare (for), maintain, servicefreshen, refresh, refreshen, regenerate, rejuvenate, renew, restore, revitalize, reviveadjust, correct, modify, rectify, redress, reform, rightameliorate, better, enhance, enrich, improve, meliorate blemish, break, damage, deface, disfigure, flaw, harm, hurt, impair, injure, mar, ruin, spoil, vandalize, wreckcripple, disable, maim, mangle, mutilate v.mend, repair, patch, rebuild mean to put into good order something that is injured, damaged, or defective.mend implies making whole or sound something broken, torn, or injured.mended the torn dress repair applies to the fixing of more extensive damage or dilapidation.repaired the back steps patch implies an often temporary fixing of a hole or break with new material.patch worn jeans rebuild suggests making like new without completely replacing.a rebuilt automobile engine in the 14th century |