A cover worn over a damaged eye, an eyepatch.
A piece of any size, used to repair something for a temporary period only, or that it is temporary because it is not meant to last long or will be removed as soon as a proper repair can be made, which will happen in the near future.
A piece of cloth, or other suitable material, sewed or otherwise fixed upon a garment to repair or strengthen it, especially upon an old garment to cover a hole.
A small area, a small plot of land or piece of ground.
A small, usually contrasting but always somehow different or distinct, part of something else (location, time, size)
A block on the muzzle of a gun, to do away with the effect of dispart, in sighting.
A sound setting for a musical synthesizer (originally selected by means of a patch cable).
An overlay used to obtain a stronger impression.
A small piece of anything used to repair damage or a breach; as, a patch on a kettle, a roof, etc.
A cable connecting two pieces of electrical equipment.
A small piece of black silk stuck on the face or neck to heighten beauty by contrast, worn by ladies in the 17th and 18th centuries; an imitation beauty mark.
A small piece of material that is manually passed through a gun barrel to clean it.
A piece of greased cloth or leather used as wrapping for a rifle ball, to make it fit the bore.
A local region of professional responsibility.
A piece of material used to cover a wound.
An adhesive piece of material, impregnated with a drug, which is worn on the skin, the drug being slowly absorbed over a period of time.
A patch file, a file that describes changes to be made to a computer file or files, usually changes made to a computer program that fix a programming bug.
To connect two pieces of electrical equipment using a cable.
To mend with pieces; to repair by fastening pieces on.
To join or unite the pieces of; to patch the skirt.
To repair or arrange in a hasty or clumsy manner
To employ a temporary, removable electronic connection, as one between two components in a communications system.
To make out of pieces or patches, like a quilt.
To mend by sewing on a piece or pieces of cloth, leather, or the like
To make a quick and possibly temporary change to a program.
To fix or improve a computer program without a complete upgrade.
A blemish or smear, especially a dark or sooty one.
Dense smoke, such as that used for fumigation.
A quantity of herbs used in suffumigation.
A heap of damp combustibles partially ignited and burning slowly, placed on the windward side of a house, tent, etc. to keep off mosquitoes or other insects.
To subject to ritual burning of herbs (suffumigation, smudging).
To stifle or smother with smoke.
To soil or smear with dirt.
To obscure by blurring; to smear.
To use dense smoke to protect from insects.
To burn herbs as a cleansing ritual (suffumigation).