patch – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of patch

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to patch sb up
Participle: patched sb up
Gerund: patching sb up

Cognates

-

Indicative

Present

Ipatch sb up
youpatch sb up
he;she;itpatches sb up
wepatch sb up
youpatch sb up
theypatch sb up

Perfect

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

Past

Ipatched sb up
youpatched sb up
he;she;itpatched sb up
wepatched sb up
youpatched sb up
theypatched sb up

Pluperfect

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

Future

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

Future Perfect

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

Subjunctive

Present

Ipatch sb up
youpatch sb up
he;she;itpatch sb up
wepatch sb up
youpatch sb up
theypatch sb up

Perfect

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

Imperfect

Ipatched sb up
youpatched sb up
he;she;itpatched sb up
wepatched sb up
youpatched sb up
theypatched sb up

Pluperfect

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

Conditional

Present

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

Perfect

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

Imperative

youpatch sb up
weLet's patch sb up
youpatch sb up

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

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

Perfect

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

Past

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

Pluperfect

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

Future

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

Future Perfect

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

Conditional

Present

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

Perfect

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

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)