Four and Patch
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
noun
- The cardinal number that is the sum of three and one.
- synonyms: 4, IV, tetrad, quatern, quaternion, quaternary, quaternity, quartet, quadruplet, foursome, Little Joe
- A playing card or domino or die whose upward face shows four pips.
- synonyms: four-spot
adjective
WordNet 3.0 © 2006 by Princeton University
noun
- A small contrasting part of something.
- usage: "a bald spot"; "a leopard's spots"; "a patch of clouds"; "patches of thin ice"; "a fleck of red"
- synonyms: spot, speckle, dapple, fleck, maculation
- A small area of ground covered by specific vegetation.
- usage: "a bean plot"; "a cabbage patch"; "a briar patch"
- synonyms: plot, plot of land, plot of ground
- A piece of cloth used as decoration or to mend or cover a hole.
- A period of indeterminate length (usually short) marked by some action or condition.
- usage: "he was here for a little while"; "I need to rest for a piece"; "a spell of good weather"; "a patch of bad weather"
- A short set of commands to correct a bug in a computer program.
- A connection intended to be used for a limited time.
- synonyms: temporary hookup
- Sewing that repairs a worn or torn hole (especially in a garment. )
- usage: "her stockings had several mends"
- A protective cloth covering for an injured eye.
- synonyms: eyepatch
- A piece of soft material that covers and protects an injured part of the body.
- synonyms: bandage
verb
WordNet 3.0 © 2006 by Princeton University
- (n.) Fig.: Anything regarded as a patch; a small piece of ground; a tract; a plot; as, scattered patches of trees or growing corn.
- (n.) A small piece of anything used to repair a breach; as, a patch on a kettle, a roof, etc.
- (n.) A piece of greased cloth or leather used as wrapping for a rifle ball, to make it fit the bore.
- (v.t.) 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.
- (v.t.) To adorn, as the face, with a patch or patches.
- (n.) 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.
- (v.t.) To mend with pieces; to repair with pieces festened on; to repair clumsily; as, to patch the roof of a house.
- (n.) A block on the muzzle of a gun, to do away with the effect of dispart, in sighting.
- (n.) A paltry fellow; a rogue; a ninny; a fool.
- (n.) A small piece of black silk stuck on the face or neck, to hide a defect or to heighten beauty.
- (v.t.) To mend by sewing on a piece or pieces of cloth, leather or the like; as, to patch a coat.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary