Patch and Replace

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"
  • synonyms: while, piece, spell
• 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"
  • synonyms: mend, darn
• 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

• To join or unite the pieces of.
  • usage: "patch the skirt"
  • synonyms: piece
• Provide with a patch; also used metaphorically.
  • usage: "The field was patched with snow"
• Mend by putting a patch on.
  • usage: "patch a hole"
  • synonyms: patch up
• Repair by adding pieces.
  • usage: "She pieced the china cup"
  • synonyms: piece

• (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.

• Name Meaning: Form of Peter. A rock
• Name Origin: American

verb

• Substitute a person or thing for (another that is broken or inefficient or lost or no longer working or yielding what is expected. )
  • usage: "He replaced the old razor blade"; "We need to replace the secretary that left a month ago"; "the insurance will replace the lost income"; "This antique vase can never be replaced"
• Take the place or move into the position of.
  • usage: "Smith replaced Miller as CEO after Miller left"; "the computer has supplanted the slide rule"; "Mary replaced Susan as the team's captain and the highest-ranked player in the school"
  • synonyms: supplant, supersede, supervene upon, supercede
• Put something back where it belongs.
  • usage: "replace the book on the shelf after you have finished reading it"; "please put the clean dishes back in the cabinet when you have washed them"
  • synonyms: put back
• Put in the place of another; switch seemingly equivalent items.
  • usage: "the con artist replaced the original with a fake Rembrandt"; "substitute regular milk with fat-free milk"; "synonyms can be interchanged without a changing the context's meaning"
  • synonyms: substitute, interchange, exchange

• (v.t.) To put in a new or different place.
• (v.t.) To place again; to restore to a former place, position, condition or the like.
• (v.t.) To take the place of; to supply the want of; to fulfull the end or office of.
• (v.t.) To supply or substitute an equivalent for; as, to replace a lost document.
• (v.t.) To refund; to repay; to restore; as, to replace a sum of money borrowed.