A piece of cloth sewn or attached to cover a hole or reinforce an area, often on clothing.
I put a patch on the hole in my jeans.
A software update that fixes bugs or adds features; common in IT contexts.
I applied a patch to the torn pants.
Please apply the security patch.
I applied the latest patch to update the system.
I sewed a patch onto the elbow area.
The development team released an emergency patch.
counter for thin, flat objects; sheet; plate; coin · serving of soba; portion of gyōza · sumo rank position; wrestler at a given rank · field; rice paddy plot · palanquin bearer
patchwork
eyepatch
soft patch
hard patch
patch test
Borrowed from English 'patch'.
patch pocket
patch program
patch module