A piece of cloth, or other suitable material, sewed or otherwise fixed upon a garment to repair or strengthen it, especially upon an old garment to cover a hole. • A small piece of anything used to repair damage or a breach; as, a patch on a kettle, a roof, etc. • A piece of any size, used to repair something for a temporary period only, or that it is temporary because it is not meant to last long or will be removed as soon as a proper repair can be made, which will happen in the near future. • A small, usually contrasting but always somehow different or distinct, part of something else (location, time, size) • A small area, a small plot of land or piece of ground. • A local region of professional responsibility. • A small piece of black silk stuck on the face or neck to heighten beauty by contrast, worn by ladies in the 17th and 18th centuries; an imitation beauty mark. • A piece of material used to cover a wound. • An adhesive piece of material, impregnated with a drug, which is worn on the skin, the drug being slowly absorbed over a period of time. • A cover worn over a damaged eye, an eyepatch. • A block on the muzzle of a gun, to do away with the effect of dispart, in sighting. • A piece of data intended to modify a computer file by replacing a part of it. • A small piece of material that is manually passed through a gun barrel to clean it. • A piece of greased cloth or leather used as wrapping for a rifle ball, to make it fit the bore. • A cable connecting two pieces of electrical equipment. • A sound setting for a musical synthesizer (originally selected by means of a patch cable). • An overlay used to obtain a stronger impression. • A butterfly of the genus Chlosyne.