The Oxford Thesaurus An A-Z Dictionary of Synonyms - patch n.

1) piece, scrap, reinforcement; shred, snip, snippet, tatter; pad: Mother sewed colourful patches over the holes in my jeans. 2 area, section, segment, plat, plot, lot, tract, ground, parcel, field: All he ever wanted was a little house on a little patch of land. 3) responsibility, area, bailiwick, territory: The handling of customer complaints is in your patch, Gordon. 4) period, interval, spell, stage, episode, time; experience: She went through a bad patch shortly after Starkey died. --v. 5) patch up or over, mend, repair, vamp, revamp, darn, sew (up) , reinforce, cover: I had my trousers patched where the dog bit me. Her father always wore the same patched jacket to the club. 6) Often, patch up. fix (up) , doctor, jury-rig, improvise, knock together or up: Can you patch it up so I can drive it home? 7 patch up. settle, set right or straight, straighten out, reconcile, resolve, heal; come or bring to terms, bury the hatchet, kiss and make up, call a truce: Will the two girls ever patch up their differences?