Associations to the word «Patched»

Wiktionary

PATCHED, adjective. Having been patched.
PATCHED, verb. Simple past tense and past participle of patch

Dictionary definition

PATCHED, adjective. Mended usually clumsily by covering a hole with a patch; "patched jeans".
PATCHED, adjective. Having spots or patches (small areas of contrasting color or texture); "a field patched with ice and snow"; "the wall had a spotty speckled effect"; "a black-and-white spotted cow".

Wise words

A word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanged; it is the skin of a living thought and may vary greatly in color and content according to the circumstances and time in which it is used.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.