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

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats