flicken — meaning in English
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English meaning
Senses
flicken is used for these senses in English:
- fettle (especially Northern England) To sort out, to fix, to mend, to repair.
- mend (archaic) To increase the quality of (someone or something); to better, to improve on; also, to produce something better than (something else).
- patch 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.
- patch (computing) A piece of data intended to modify a computer file by replacing a part of it.
- patch To mend by sewing on a piece or pieces of cloth, leather, or the like.
mend — full definition
- verb To repair something that is broken, torn, or damaged.
- verb To put right a fault, error, or bad situation; to improve or correct it.
- verb Of an illness, injury, or person: to heal or get better.
- noun A repair, or the place where something has been repaired.
- noun Used in the phrase "on the mend": recovering, getting better after illness.
patch — full definition
- noun A piece of material used to mend or cover a hole or damaged area.
- noun A small area distinct from its surroundings.
- noun In computing, a piece of code released to fix or update software.
- verb To mend or cover something with a patch.
- verb To fix or update software.