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Patching and Connection

patching

noun

  • The act of mending a hole in a garment by sewing a patch over it.

verb

  • To join or unite the pieces of.
    • usage: "patch the skirt"
  • Provide with a patch; also used metaphorically.
    • usage: "The field was patched with snow"
  • Mend by putting a patch on.
    • usage: "patch a hole"
  • Repair by adding pieces.
    • usage: "She pieced the china cup"
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(p.pr.&vb.n.) of Patch.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
connection

noun

  • A relation between things or events (as in the case of one causing the other or sharing features with it. )
    • usage: "there was a connection between eating that pickle and having that nightmare"
  • The state of being connected.
    • usage: "the connection between church and state is inescapable"
  • An instrumentality that connects.
    • usage: "he soldered the connection"; "he didn't have the right connector between the amplifier and the speakers"
  • Usually plural. ( a person who is influential and to whom you are connected in some way (as by family or friendship))
    • usage: "he has powerful connections"
  • The process of bringing ideas or events together in memory or imagination.
    • usage: "conditioning is a form of learning by association"
  • A connecting shape.
  • A supplier (especially of narcotics. )
  • Shifting from one form of transportation to another.
    • usage: "the plane was late and he missed his connection in Atlanta"
  • The act of bringing two things into contact (especially for communication. )
    • usage: "the joining of hands around the table"; "there was a connection via the internet"
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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