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n. - The act of mending a hole in a garment by sewing a piece of cloth over it.

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Usage examples (36)
  • Verb (used with object) : to patch a quilt. ,They patched up their quarrel before the company arrived. ,The radio show was patched through to the ship. Patch...
  • Verb (used without object) : We patched into the ship-to-shore conversation
  • Luckily they succeeded in patching it up, in some mysterious French way.
  • The Kafir war ended in patching up old treaties, and the Governor returned.
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