patch

A patch is a small area or a covering.

Strawberries are grown in a patch. These strawberries are in a strawberry patch.
These pumpkins are in a pumpkin patch.
Cabbages grow in a cabbage patch.
Cabbage patch dolls were popular in the 1980s.
A shoulder patch is worn on a uniform to signify membership in an organization.
Blue jeans might have patches for the purpose of decoration or repair.
An eye patch covers a damaged eye or an eye that needs protection.
A dog or a cat with a dark area over one eye is said to have a patch. She has a black patch over one eye.
When a section of a road needs a repair, it’s patched. This is a concrete patch.

The word "patch" can be used as a verb.

• They patched the road.
• The road was patched with concrete.
• She patched the knees on her pants.
• I patched the holes on the siding of my house where birds were pecking at it.
• Edgar and Rhonda had a hard time getting along with each other, but then they patched things up and now everything is fine. (To patch things up is an expression which means to repair a damaged relationship.)
• They patched up their differences.

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This page was published on June 26, 2017.