patch

a small contrasting part of something

“a bald spot”

“a leopard's spots”

“a patch of clouds”

“patches of thin ice”

a small area of ground covered by specific vegetation

“a bean plot”

“a cabbage patch”

“a briar patch”

a piece of cloth used as decoration or to mend or cover a hole

a period of indeterminate length (usually short) marked by some action or condition

“he was here for a little while”

“I need to rest for a piece”

“a spell of good weather”

“a patch of bad weather”

a short set of commands to correct a bug in a computer program

a connection intended to be used for a limited time

to join or unite the pieces of

“patch the skirt”

“They patch the cape”

provide with a patch; also used metaphorically

“The field was patched with snow”

mend by putting a patch on

“patch a hole”

“They patch the cape”

repair by adding pieces

“She pieced the china cup”