Patched

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  patched \patched\ (p[a^]cht) adj.
     1. Mended, usually clumsily by covering a hole with a patch;
        as, patched jeans.
        [WordNet 1.5 +PJC]
  
     2. [p. p. of {patch}, v. t..] Partly covered; as, The field


        was patched with ice and snow.
        [WordNet 1.5]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Patch \Patch\ (p[a^]ch), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Patched}
     (p[a^]cht); p. pr. & vb. n. {Patching}.]
     1. To mend by sewing on a piece or pieces of cloth, leather,
        or the like; as, to patch a coat.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. To mend with pieces; to repair with pieces festened on; to
        repair clumsily; as, to patch the roof of a house.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. To adorn, as the face, with a patch or patches.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Ladies who patched both sides of their faces.
                                                    --Spectator.
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     4. To make of pieces or patches; to repair as with patches;
        to arrange in a hasty or clumsy manner; -- generally with
        up; as, to patch up a truce. "If you'll patch a quarrel."
        --Shak.
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  patched
       adj 1: mended usually clumsily by covering a hole with a patch;
              "patched jeans"
       2: having spots or patches (small areas of contrasting color or
          texture); "a field patched with ice and snow"; "a
          black-and-white spotted cow" [syn: {spotted}]