patches is a form of:
Patch
noun
- 1.
- (A piece of cloth sewed on a garment; a spot or plot) ភាគ, បន្ទះ, ដុំ, បំណែក, បំណះ, ថ្នាំគុលិកា, ស្ករគ្រាប់, មួយដោយឡែក, តំណក់ទឹកខ្មៅលើក្រដាស់ patch on his pants បំណះ, patch of blue ផ្នែកដ៏តួចនៃអ្វីមួយ
- 2.
- (យោធា) ប្លាក (ពាក់នៅដៃសម្រាប់សំគាល់ក្រុម)
Example: infantry patch
verb — past tense: patched ; past participle: patched ; present participle: patching ;
- 1.
- (TRANSITIVE) (to mend; cover; repair with a piece of some kind of material; to put together pieces to make somethings; to settle; fix; smooth over to repair; restore in a hasty) patch pants ប៉ះ patch up (an old house) ជួសជុល patch up (a quarrel) សំរុះសម្រួល
ENGLISH MEANING
noun
- 1.
- A piece of cloth, or other suitable material, sewed or otherwise fixed upon a garment to repair or strengthen it, esp. upon an old garment to cover a hole.
- 2.
- A small piece of anything used to repair a breach; as, a patch on a kettle, a roof, etc.
- 3.
- A small piece of black silk stuck on the face, or neck, to hide a defect, or to heighten beauty.
- 4.
- A piece of greased cloth or leather used as wrapping for a rifle ball, to make it fit the bore.
- 5.
- (FIGURATIVE) Anything regarded as a patch; a small piece of ground; a tract; a plot; as, scattered patches of trees or growing corn.
- 6.
- A block on the muzzle of a gun, to do away with the effect of dispart, in sighting.
- 7.
- A paltry fellow; a rogue; a ninny; a fool.
verb — past tense: patched ; past participle: patched ; present participle: patching ;
- 1.
- (TRANSITIVE) To mend by sewing on a piece or pieces of cloth, leather, or the like; as, to patch a coat.
- 2.
- (TRANSITIVE) To mend with pieces; to repair with pieces festened on; to repair clumsily; as, to patch the roof of a house.
- 3.
- (TRANSITIVE) To adorn, as the face, with a patch or patches.
- 4.
- (TRANSITIVE) To make of pieces or patches; to repair as with patches; to arrange in a hasty or clumsy manner; -- generally with up; as, to patch up a truce.