[{"Bold_text": "noun", "List Items": ["a small piece of material used to mend a tear or break, to cover a hole, or to strengthen a weak place:patches at the elbows of a sports jacket.", "a piece of material used to cover or protect a wound, an injured part, etc.:a patch over the eye.", "Also calledskin patch,. an adhesive patch that applies to the skin and gradually delivers drugs or medication to the user:using a nicotine patch to try to quit smoking.", "any of the pieces of cloth sewed together to form patchwork .", "a small piece, scrap, or area of anything:a patch of ice on the road.", "a piece or tract of land; plot .", "a small field, plot, or garden, especially one in which a specific type of plant grows or is cultivated: a bean patch.a cabbage patch;a bean patch.", "beauty spot ( def 1 ) beauty spot ( def 1 ).", "Military.a cloth emblem worn on the upper uniform sleeve to identify the military unit of the wearer.", "a small organizational or affiliational emblem of cloth sewn to one's jacket, shirt, cap, etc.", "a connection or hookup, as between radio circuits or telephone lines:The patch allowed shut-ins to hear the game by telephone.", "a period of time characterized by some quality:he was going through a rough patch.", "Computers.a small piece of code designed to be inserted into an executable program in order to fix errors in or update the program or its supporting data."]}, {"Bold_text": "verb (used with object)", "List Items": ["to mend, cover, or strengthen with or as if with a patch or patches.Synonyms: fix Antonyms: break", "to repair or restore, especially in a hasty or makeshift way (usually followed byup).", "to make by joining patches or pieces together:to patch a quilt.", "to settle or smooth over (a quarrel, difference, etc.) (often followed byup):They patched up their quarrel before the company arrived.", "(especially in radio and telephone communications) to connect or hook up (circuits, programs, conversations, etc.) (often followed bythrough, into,etc.): Patch me through to the mainland.The radio show was patched through to the ship.Patch me through to the mainland.", "to update (a software program) by downloading and installing a small piece of code in order to fix errors in or update a program or its supporting data:You may need to manually patch the game to the latest version."]}, {"Bold_text": "verb (used without object)", "List Items": ["to make a connection between radio circuits, telephone lines, etc. (often followed byinorinto):We patched into the ship-to-shore conversation."]}, {"Bold_text": "noun", "List Items": ["a clown, fool, or booby."]}, {"Bold_text": "noun", "List Items": ["Alexander Mc·Car·rell[m, uh, -, kar, -, uh, l], 1889–1945, U.S. World War II general."]}]