Patching and Coupling

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

noun

• A connection (like a clamp or vise) between two things so they move together.
  • synonyms: yoke
• A mechanical device that serves to connect the ends of adjacent objects.
  • synonyms: coupler
• The act of pairing a male and female for reproductive purposes.
  • usage: "the casual couplings of adolescents"; "the mating of some species occurs only in the spring"
  • synonyms: mating, pairing, conjugation, union, sexual union

verb

• Bring two objects, ideas, or people together.
  • usage: "This fact is coupled to the other one"; "Matchmaker, can you match my daughter with a nice young man"; "The student was paired with a partner for collaboration on the project"
  • synonyms: match, mate, couple, pair, twin
• Link together.
  • usage: "can we couple these proposals"
  • synonyms: couple, couple on, couple up
• Form a pair or pairs.
  • usage: "The two old friends paired off"
  • synonyms: pair, pair off, partner off, couple
• Engage in sexual intercourse.
  • usage: "Birds mate in the Spring"
  • synonyms: copulate, mate, pair, couple

• (p.pr.&vb.n.) of Couple.
• (n.) The act of bringing or coming together; connection; sexual union.
• (n.) A device or contrivance which serves to couple or connect adjacent parts or objects; as, a belt coupling, which connects the ends of a belt; a car coupling, which connects the cars in a train; a shaft coupling, which connects the ends of shafts.