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patch  (patches plural & 3rd person present) (patching present participle) (patched past tense & past participle )
1  n-count A patch on a surface is a part of it which is different in appearance from the area around it. 
...the bald patch on the top of his head...  
2  n-count A patch of  land is a small area of land where a particular plant or crop grows. 
...a patch of land covered in forest.  
3  n-count A patch is a piece of material which you use to cover a hole in something. 
...jackets with patches on the elbows.  
4  n-count A patch is a small piece of material which you wear to cover an injured eye. 
She went to the hospital and found him lying down with a patch over his eye.  
 →  eye patch 
5  verb If you patch something that has a hole in it, you mend it by fastening a patch over the hole. 
He and Walker patched the barn roof...  V n 
6  n-count A patch is a piece of computer program code written as a temporary solution for dealing with a virus in computer software and distributed by the makers of the original program.  (COMPUTING) 
Older machines will need a software patch to be loaded to correct the date.  
7 If you have or go through a bad patch or a rough patch, you have a lot of problems for a time. 
 (mainly BRIT) 
♦ a bad patch/a rough patch  phrase 
His marriage was going through a bad patch...  
8 If you say that someone or something is not a patch on another person or thing, you mean that they are not as good as that person or thing. 
 (BRIT) 
INFORMAL 
♦ not a patch on sb/sth  phrase 
Handsome, she thought, but not a patch on Alex.  patch up 
1  phrasal verb If you patch up a quarrel or relationship, you try to be friendly again and not to quarrel any more. 
She has gone on holiday with her husband to try to patch up their marriage...  V P n (not pron) 
2  phrasal verb If you patch up something which is damaged, you mend it or patch it. 
We can patch up those holes...  V P n (not pron), Also V n P 
3  phrasal verb If doctors patch someone up or patch their wounds up, they treat their injuries. 
...the medical staff who patched her up after the accident...  V n P