Definition of: patch

(pach) noun
1. A small piece of material, especially of cloth, used to repair a garment, etc.
2. Something resembling a patch, as a piece of courtplaster or the like, applied to the skin to hide a blemish or to set off the complexion; a beauty spot.
3. A small piece of ground; also, the plants growing on it: a patch of corn; a small area in a larger expanse.
4. A piece of cloth or other material worn over an injured eye.
5. Any small part of a surface not agreeing with the general character or appearance of the whole.
6. A shred or scrap.
—v.t.
1. To put a patch or patches on.
2. To repair, make whole, or put together, especially hurriedly or crudely: often with up or together.
3. To make of patches, as a quilt. [ME pacehe; origin uncertain]
—patch′a·ble adjective
—patch′er noun