noun A piece of material used to mend or cover a hole or damaged area.
- He sewed a leather patch on each elbow of his jacket.
- I stuck a patch over the puncture in my bike tire.
- She sewed a patch over the hole in his jeans.
noun A small area distinct from its surroundings.
- A bare patch of grass showed where the tent had stood.
- There was a patch of ice on the road.
- They grew vegetables in a small patch behind the house.
noun In computing, a piece of code released to fix or update software.
- The latest patch fixes a problem that made the game crash.
- Install the patch as soon as it becomes available.
- The company released a security patch to fix the bug.
verb To mend or cover something with a patch.
- She patched her old jeans with scraps of colorful cloth.
- We patched the leaking pipe with tape until the plumber arrived.
- He patched the hole in the roof before winter.
verb To fix or update software.
- The developers patched the app to stop it crashing on startup.
- Make sure you patch your computer regularly to stay safe.
- IT patched the system overnight to close the vulnerability.
