patching
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2.3
- noun
- /ˈpæʧɪŋ/
:
remiendo
- He took a sewing class to improve his skills in patching holes in his favorite jacket.
- patching holes
- patching and repair
- patching and mending
Examples
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She learned the art of patching clothes to extend their lifespan.
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Have you found out if patching is needed?
Blog text (17) -
Later, Dolly found an official patching kit.
Fiction book (2000) -
Sandy will need to do some patching this coming year and hopefully see Kirk and Lucas mature a bit quicker.
Blog text (6) -
There's a photo somewhere on my Instagram, I think, of me trying on Boro kimono at the Muse Museum, because the whole point of Boro is patching things.
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After the storm, we spent the afternoon patching up the torn fabric of the tents.
Synonyms
24
1.9
Repairing something to make it work again
12
3.0
A repair to something that is broken or torn
11
1.6
The act of fixing clothes or pieces of cloth that need repair
1
6.7
An act of mending a hole in clothing by weaving thread across it
Antonyms
How Permanent
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word patching comes from patch, a small piece of cloth used to cover a hole, so it originally meant 'to mend' clothes by sewing on that piece. That's why patching means fixing something by putting a small piece over the damaged part.