"patched" in the verb sense

1. patch, piece

to join or unite the pieces of

"patch the skirt"

2. patch

provide with a patch also used metaphorically

"The field was patched with snow"

3. patch, patch up

mend by putting a patch on

"patch a hole"

4. piece, patch

repair by adding pieces

"She pieced the china cup"

"patched" in the adjective sense

1. patched

mended usually clumsily by covering a hole with a patch

"patched jeans"

2. patched, spotty, spotted

having spots or patches (small areas of contrasting color or texture

"a field patched with ice and snow"

"the wall had a spotty speckled effect"

"a black-and-white spotted cow"

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