To make a mess of, destroy or ruin; SYN. fumble, botch up, muff, blow, flub, screw up, ball up, blunder, spoil, muck up, bungle, fluff, bollix, bollix up, bollocks, bollocks up, bobble, mishandle, louse up, foul up, mess up.
1. To pave with cobblestones.
2. To repair or mend.
1. To heal or recover; SYN. heal.
2. To make amends or atonement for
3. To improve morally; reform
4. To become corrected or improved
5. To improve in health; also; heal
To fiddle with something, in order to repair or modify it
ETYM Old Eng. pacche; of uncertain origin, perh. for placche; cf. Prov. Eng. platch patch, LG. plakk, plakke.
(Irregular plural: patches).
A piece of cloth used as decoration or to mend or cover a hole.