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Noun
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 piece of anything used to repair damage or a breach; as, a patch on a kettle, a roof, etc.
A repair intended to be used for a limited time; (differs from previous usage in that it is intended to be a temporary fix and the size of the repair is irrelevant).
A small, usually contrasting but always somehow different or distinct, part of something else (location, time, size);
(specifically) A small area, a small plot of land or piece of ground.
An area of professional responsibility
A small piece of black silk stuck on the face or neck to heighten beauty; an imitation beauty mark.
(medicine) A piece of material used to cover a wound.
(computing) A patch file, a file used for input to a patch program or that describes changes made to a computer file or files, usually changes made to a computer program that fix a programming bug.
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.
(patch panel) A cable connecting two pieces of electrical equipment.
