I.
noun
1 material over a hole
VERB + PATCH
▪ have
▪
Her jeans have ~es all over them.
▪ sew on/onto
▪
She wore a jacket with bright ~es sewn onto it.
PREPOSITION
▪ ~ on
▪
dancers with ~es on their costumes
2 part of a surface that is different
ADJECTIVE
▪ irregular
▪ clear , coloured/colored , dark
▪ damp , wet
▪ dry
▪ sweat
▪ icy
▪
icy ~es on the roads
▪ bald
▪
He has a small bald ~ on the crown of his head.
▪ rough
PREPOSITION
▪ in ~es
▪
The velvet curtains were faded in ~es.
▪ ~ of
▪
There were some ~es of clear blue sky.
▪ ~ on
▪
A large damp ~ had appeared on the ceiling.
PHRASES
▪ a ~ of colour/color
▪
Flowers provide bright ~es of colour/color.
3 piece of land
ADJECTIVE
▪ isolated
▪
an isolated ~ of forest
▪ grassy
▪ bare
▪ berry ( AmE ), cabbage , potato , pumpkin ( esp. AmE ), strawberry , vegetable
▪ briar ( often figurative , esp. AmE )
▪
The track passes through dense weeds and briar ~es.
▪
This led Nixon into a political briar ~ (= painful situation difficult to escape) .
PREPOSITION
▪ in a/the ~
▪
I spent Sunday working in my vegetable ~.
▪ on a/the ~
▪
located on a small ~ of flat ground
PREPOSITION
▪ ~ of
▪
We found a nice ~ of grass to sit on.
4 ( informal ) period of time
ADJECTIVE
▪ bad , difficult , rocky , rough , soft ( BrE ), sticky ( BrE )
▪ purple ( BrE )
▪
The team has hit a purple ~, with nine wins from their last ten games.
VERB + PATCH
▪ go through , have , hit
▪
Their business hit a sticky ~ last year.
PREPOSITION
▪ ~ of ( esp. BrE )
▪
I was going through a ~ of poor health.
5 ( AmE ) piece of material sewn onto clothes or uniform
VERB + PATCH
▪ sport , wear
▪
He wears a ~ from his employer, Verizon.
▪ sew on , stitch on
▪
It has a UPS ~ sewn on the right shoulder.
PREPOSITION
▪ ~ on
▪
Students were wearing American flag ~es on their sleeves.
6 solution to a computing problem
ADJECTIVE
▪ security
VERB + PATCH
▪ apply , deploy
▪ download , install
▪ issue , release
II.
verb
Patch is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ hole