Patched
verbMended or covered something by applying a piece of material or a repair.
How to spell patched
7 letters · 1 syllable
How to pronounce patched
What does patched mean?
- verbMended or covered something by applying a piece of material or a repair.
- adjectiveCovered or mended with one or more patches, or made up of mismatched pieces.
Patched in a sentence
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verb
The roofer patched the hole before the storm arrived.
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adjective
He wore a faded, patched pair of work trousers.
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verb
She patched the worn elbow of her jacket with denim.
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adjective
The old quilt had a patched surface of many fabric scraps.
Where does patched come from?
Language of origin: French
The base word 'patch' appeared in English in the late 1300s with the meaning of a small piece of cloth or leather used to mend a hole or reinforce a worn spot. Its ultimate origin is genuinely uncertain, but the most widely accepted suggestion traces it to Old French 'pieche', a regional Picard form of 'piece', meaning a fragment or portion of something. From the literal cloth sense the verb 'to patch' grew, meaning to mend by applying such a piece, and the regular past tense 'patched' followed by adding the ordinary English ending '-ed'. Over the centuries the meaning widened well beyond fabric, so that today software, tyres, roads, and even quarrels can all be 'patched'. The spelling keeps the full 'tch' cluster of the root before the '-ed', which is the small point a writer has to remember.
How the word is built
- patch (a piece used to cover or mend)
- -ed (past tense / past participle suffix)
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