Patch

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim 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.

   “His sleeves had patches on the elbows where different fabric had been sewn on to replace material that had worn away.”

2. isim A small piece of anything used to repair damage or a breach; as, a patch on a kettle, a roof, etc.

   “I can't afford to replace the roof, which is what it really needs. I'll have the roofer apply a patch.”

3. isim 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.

   “Before you can fix a dam, you have to apply a patch to the hole so that everything can dry off.”

4. isim A small, usually contrasting but always somehow different or distinct, part of something else (location, time, size)

   “The world economy had a rough patch in the 1930s.”

5. isim A small area, a small plot of land or piece of ground.

   “scattered patches of trees or growing corn”

6. isim A local region of professional responsibility.

   “There is a lot to be said in praise of the local or regional outlet that keeps very closely across the doings and news in their patch.”

7. isim 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.

   “Your black patches you wear variously.”

8. isim A piece of material used to cover a wound.
9. isim 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.

   “Many people use a nicotine patch to wean themselves off of nicotine.”

10. isim A cover worn over a damaged eye, an eyepatch.

    “He had scratched his cornea so badly that his doctor told him to wear a patch.”

11. isim A block on the muzzle of a gun, to do away with the effect of dispart, in sighting.
12. isim A piece of data intended to modify a computer file by replacing a part of it.
13. isim A small piece of material that is manually passed through a gun barrel to clean it.
14. isim A piece of greased cloth or leather used as wrapping for a rifle ball, to make it fit the bore.
15. isim A cable connecting two pieces of electrical equipment.

    “soundboard patch”

16. isim A sound setting for a musical synthesizer (originally selected by means of a patch cable).

    “A synthesizer comes with controls to store patches and edit them. Some high-end synthesizers even have floppy disks for additional patch storage.”

17. isim An overlay used to obtain a stronger impression.
18. isim A butterfly of the genus Chlosyne.
19. fiil To mend by sewing on a piece or pieces of cloth, leather, or the like.

    “My coat needs patching.”

20. fiil To mend with pieces; to repair by fastening pieces on.
21. fiil To make out of pieces or patches, like a quilt.

    “I patched together this quilt.”

22. fiil To join or unite the pieces of; to patch the skirt.
23. fiil To employ a temporary, removable electronic connection, as one between two components in a communications system.

    “[the control panel of hovercraft The Logos has lit up after being jumped by The Hammer] Sparky: She lives again. Crew member of The Hammer via radio: You want us to patch an uplink to reload the software, Sparky? Sparky: Yeah, that'd be swell. And can you clean the windshield while you're at it?”

24. fiil To repair or arrange in a hasty or clumsy manner

    “The truce between the two countries has been patched up.”

25. fiil To fix or improve a computer program without a complete upgrade.
26. fiil To make a quick and possibly temporary change to a program.
27. fiil To connect two pieces of electrical equipment using a cable.

    “I'll need to patch the preamp output to the mixer.”

28. isim A paltry fellow; a rogue; a ninny; a fool.

    “Shylock: The patch is kind enough, but a huge feeder, Snail-slow in profit, and he sleeps by day More than the wild-cat;[…]”

29. özel isim A surname.

    “By the Master's report made in the said causes, dated the 18th of June, 1849, the said Master certified that the total amount then due and owing to the Plaintiff John Patch for such arrears of the annuities and annual payments of the said Susanna Jemima Hicks amounted to the sum of 4,489l. 15s.[…]”