patch – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of patch

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to patch
Participle: patched
Gerund: patching

Cognates

-

Indicative

Present

Ipatch
youpatch
he;she;itpatches
wepatch
youpatch
theypatch

Perfect

Ihave patched
youhave patched
he;she;ithas patched
wehave patched
youhave patched
theyhave patched

Past

Ipatched
youpatched
he;she;itpatched
wepatched
youpatched
theypatched

Pluperfect

Ihad patched
youhad patched
he;she;ithad patched
wehad patched
youhad patched
theyhad patched

Future

Iwill patch
youwill patch
he;she;itwill patch
wewill patch
youwill patch
theywill patch

Future Perfect

Iwill have patched
youwill have patched
he;she;itwill have patched
wewill have patched
youwill have patched
theywill have patched

Subjunctive

Present

Ipatch
youpatch
he;she;itpatch
wepatch
youpatch
theypatch

Perfect

Ihave patched
youhave patched
he;she;ithave patched
wehave patched
youhave patched
theyhave patched

Imperfect

Ipatched
youpatched
he;she;itpatched
wepatched
youpatched
theypatched

Pluperfect

Ihad patched
youhad patched
he;she;ithad patched
wehad patched
youhad patched
theyhad patched

Conditional

Present

Iwould patch
youwould patch
he;she;itwould patch
wewould patch
youwould patch
theywould patch

Perfect

Iwould have patched
youwould have patched
he;she;itwould have patched
wewould have patched
youwould have patched
theywould have patched

Imperative

youpatch
weLet's patch
youpatch

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

Iam patching
youare patching
he;she;itis patching
weare patching
youare patching
theyare patching

Perfect

Ihave been patching
youhave been patching
he;she;ithas been patching
wehave been patching
youhave been patching
theyhave been patching

Past

Iwas patching
youwere patching
he;she;itwas patching
wewere patching
youwere patching
theywere patching

Pluperfect

Ihad been patching
youhad been patching
he;she;ithad been patching
wehad been patching
youhad been patching
theyhad been patching

Future

Iwill be patching
youwill be patching
he;she;itwill be patching
wewill be patching
youwill be patching
theywill be patching

Future Perfect

Iwill have been patching
youwill have been patching
he;she;itwill have been patching
wewill have been patching
youwill have been patching
theywill have been patching

Conditional

Present

Iwould be patching
youwould be patching
he;she;itwould be patching
wewould be patching
youwould be patching
theywould be patching

Perfect

Iwould have been patching
youwould have been patching
he;she;itwould have been patching
wewould have been patching
youwould have been patching
theywould have been patching

Other

Verbs conjugated like 'patch'

abash, abolish, abroach, accomplish, accroach, address, admix, admonish, ado, adpress, affamish, affix, alloo, amass, ambush, anguish, annex, appeach, appears, approach, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)

Verbs similar to 'patch'

batch, catch, hatch, latch, match, parch, path, pitch, potch, ratch,

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

To repair as with patches
repair
to build or use a temporary solution
bodge, cludge, cobble together, jury-rig, kludge, kluge, knock together, knock up, MacGyver, make-do, patch-up
mend
sew, correct, darn, emend, fix, repair, restore, settle

Antonyms

mend
damage, hurt, impair, corrupt

Additional Information

Etymology

1. "piece of cloth used to mend another material," 1382, of obscure origin, perhaps a variant of pece, pieche, from O.N.Fr. pieche (see piece), or from an unrecorded O.E. word. The verb is 1447, from the noun; electronics sense of "to connect temporarily" is attested from 1923. Patchwork is from 1692. Phrase not a patch on "nowhere near as good as" is from 1860.
2. From Middle English patche, of uncertain origin. Perhaps an alteration of earlier Middle English placche (“patch, spot, piece of cloth”), from Old English *plæċċ, *pleċċ (“a spot, mark, patch”), from Proto-West Germanic *plakkju, from Proto-Germanic *plakjō (“spot, stain”). For the loss of l compare pat from Middle English platten. Germanic cognates would then include Middle English plecke, dialectal English pleck (“plot of ground, patch”), West Frisian plak (“place, spot”), Low German Plakk, Plakke (“spot, piece, patch”), Dutch plek (“spot, place, stain, patch”), Dutch plak (“piece, slab”), Swedish plagg (“garment”), Faroese plagg (“cloth, rag”).
3. Or, possibly a variant of Old French pieche, dialectal variant of piece (“piece”). Compare also Old Occitan petaç (“patch”). See: English 'pleck'.

Sample Sentences

  • [...] and fine weather (all wrong, or I should n't be half so fond of her ); and for the ten thousand small fragments of genuine womanly tact, by which, without piecing them elaborately together, and patching them up into shape and form and case and pointed application, she nevertheless did plainly show that all young mothers on one side of the Atlantic were near and close at hand to their little [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • [...] and bloated faces at the doors, have counterparts at home, and all the wide world over. Debauchery has made the very houses prematurely old. See how the rotten beams are tumbling down, and how the patched and broken windows seem to scowl dimly, like eyes that have been hurt in drunken frays. Many of those pigs live here. Do they ever wonder why their masters walk upright in lieu of going on [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • [...] full of interest for strangers from an old country: cabins with simple ovens, outside, made of clay; and lodgings for the pigs nearly as good as many of the human quarters; broken windows, patched with worn-out hats, old clothes, old boards, fragments of blankets and paper; and home-made dressers standing in the open air without the door, whereon was ranged the household store, not hard to [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • [...] from his fair young wife her silken dress and jewels, unbind her braided hair, stamp early wrinkles on her brow, pinch her pale cheek with care and much privation, array her faded form in coarsely patched attire, let there be nothing but his love to set her forth or deck her out, and you shall put it to the proof indeed. So change his station in the world, that he shall see in those young things who [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)