patch – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of patch

Nominal Forms

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

Cognates

-

Indicative

Present

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

Perfect

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

Past

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

Pluperfect

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

Future

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

Future Perfect

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

Subjunctive

Present

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

Perfect

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

Imperfect

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

Pluperfect

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

Conditional

Present

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

Perfect

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

Imperative

youpatch sth up
weLet's patch sth up
youpatch sth up

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

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

Perfect

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

Past

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

Pluperfect

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

Future

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

Future Perfect

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

Conditional

Present

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

Perfect

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