present participle of patch

A small piece of material used to cover or fix a hole.

An adhesive patch, affixed to the skin, that slowly diffuses nicotine into the bloodstream; used by people who are trying to quit smoking

(literally) A dense thicket of thorny plants; ground made impassable by the impenetrable overgrowth of prickly vegetation.

A small piece of land planted with peas. / (derogatory) A small farm. / (idiomatic) A baseball field. / (idiomatic) A realm of endeavor.

(idiomatic) To repair by adding a patch. / (idiomatic, transitive) To mend quickly. / (idiomatic, figuratively) To repair; to make better.

plural of purple patch

(programming slang) A patch which alters the behaviour of a program by forcefully overriding aspects of the original code at runtime.

(programming slang) To alter the behaviour of a program by forcefully overriding aspects of the original code at runtime.

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of monkey patch