patch – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of patch

Nominal Forms

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

Cognates

-

Indicative

Present

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

Perfect

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

Past

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

Pluperfect

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

Future

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

Future Perfect

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

Subjunctive

Present

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

Perfect

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

Imperfect

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

Pluperfect

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

Conditional

Present

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

Perfect

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

Imperative

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

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

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

Perfect

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

Past

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

Pluperfect

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

Future

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

Future Perfect

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

Conditional

Present

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

Perfect

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

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)