bandage patch | a piece of soft material that covers and protects an injured part of the body |
charm good luck charm | something believed to bring good luck |
estradiol patch | a transdermal patch that allows estradiol to be absorbed into the blood stream, used in treating estrogen deficiency and in hormone replacement therapy |
eyepatch patch | a protective cloth covering for an injured eye |
kitchen garden vegetable garden vegetable patch | a small garden where vegetables are grown |
mend patch darn | sewing that repairs a worn or torn hole (especially in a garment), her stockings had several mends |
patch | a piece of cloth used as decoration or to mend or cover a hole |
patch pocket | a flat pocket sewn to the outside of a garment |
shoulder patch | patch worn on the shoulder of a military uniform to indicate rank |
temporary hookup patch | a connection intended to be used for a limited time |
transdermal patch skin patch | a medicated adhesive pad placed on the skin for absorption of a time released dose of medication into the bloodstream |
spot speckle dapple patch fleck maculation | a small contrasting part of something, a bald spot, a leopard's spots, a patch of clouds, patches of thin ice, a fleck of red |
stripe streak bar | a narrow marking of a different color or texture from the background, a green toad with small black stripes or bars, may the Stars and Stripes forever wave |
streak | a distinctive characteristic, he has a stubborn streak, a streak of wildness |
soul patch Attilio | a small patch of facial hair just below the lower lip and above the chin |
Peyer's patch Peter's gland | any of several lymph nodes in the walls of the intestines near the junction of the ileum and colon |
patch test | a test to determine allergic sensitivity by applying small pads soaked with allergen to the unbroken skin |
patch | a short set of commands to correct a bug in a computer program |
misfortune bad luck | unnecessary and unforeseen trouble resulting from an unfortunate event |
break good luck happy chance | an unexpected piece of good luck, he finally got his big break |
streak | a sudden flash (as of lightning) |
streak run | an unbroken series of events, had a streak of bad luck, Nicklaus had a run of birdies |
losing streak | a streak of losses |
winning streak | a streak of wins |
plot plot of land plot of ground patch | a small area of ground covered by specific vegetation, a bean plot, a cabbage patch, a briar patch |
luck fortune chance hazard | an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another, bad luck caused his downfall, we ran into each other by pure chance |
luck fortune | an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that leads to a favorable outcome, it was my good luck to be there, they say luck is a lady, it was as if fortune guided his hand |
bad luck mischance mishap | an unpredictable outcome that is unfortunate, if I didn't have bad luck I wouldn't have any luck at all |
good luck fluke good fortune | a stroke of luck |
brier brierpatch brier patch | tangled mass of prickly plants |
tomato streak | disease of a wide range of plants (tomatoes, potatoes, peas) resulting from a mixed infection of potato and tomato mosaic |
fortune destiny fate luck lot circumstances portion | your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you), whatever my fortune may be, deserved a better fate, has a happy lot, the luck of the Irish, a victim of circumstances, success that was her portion |
good fortune luckiness good luck | an auspicious state resulting from favorable outcomes |
misfortune bad luck tough luck ill luck | an unfortunate state resulting from unfavorable outcomes |
while piece spell patch | 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 |
piece patch | repair by adding pieces, She pieced the china cup |
patch patch up | mend by putting a patch on, patch a hole |
reconcile patch up make up conciliate settle | come to terms, After some discussion we finally made up |
patch piece | to join or unite the pieces of, patch the skirt |
mottle streak blotch | mark with spots or blotches of different color or shades of color as if stained |
streak | run naked in a public place |
streak | move quickly in a straight line, The plane streaked across the sky |
enter upon come upon luck into | take possession of, She entered upon the estate of her rich relatives |
patch | provide with a patch, also used metaphorically, The field was patched with snow |
luck out hit the jackpot | succeed by luck, I lucked out and found the last parking spot in the lot |
luck it luck through | act by relying on one's luck |
clinker-built clincher-built lap-strake lap-straked lap-streak lap-streaked | having overlapping hull planks |
fortunately fortuitously luckily as luck would have it | by good fortune, fortunately the weather was good |
haply by chance by luck | by accident, betrayed by a word haply overheard |