Patching

//ˈpæ.t͡ʃɪŋ// noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun

1
The act of one who patches.
"[…] all this is not neatness, but frippery. These rufflings, and pinkings, and patchings, will only make us hated by all the wives of our neighbours."
2
the act of mending a hole in a garment by sewing a patch over it wordnet

Verb

1
present participle and gerund of patch form-of, gerund, participle, present

Synonyms

mend parcel piece plot repair section

Example

"That's not what I heard. I heard he's patching everything up with his wife."

Related phrases

monkey-patching patching up patching-up

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