| often |
| 1. adv. Frequently, many times. | |
| I often walk to work when the weather is nice. | |
| I've been going to the movies more often since a new theatre opened near me. | |
| 2. adj. (archaic) Frequent. | |
| patch |
| 1. n. A piece of cloth, or other suitable material, sewed or otherwise fixed upon a garment to repair or strengthen it, especially upon an old garment to cover a hole. | |
| His sleeves had patches on the elbows where different fabric had been sewn on to replace material that had worn away. | |
| 2. n. A small piece of anything used to repair damage or a breach; as, a patch on a kettle, a roof, etc. | |
| I can't afford to replace the roof, which is what it really needs. I'll have the roofer apply a patch. | |
| 3. n. A repair intended to be used for a limited time; (differs from previous usage in that it is intended to be a temporary fix and the size of the repair is irrelevant). This usage can mean that the repai | |
| Before you can fix a dam, you have to apply a patch to the hole so that everything can dry off.or that it is temporary because it is not meant to last long or will be removed as soon as a prope | |
| "This patch should hold until you reach the city," the mechanic said as he patted the car's hood. | |
| 4. n. A small, usually contrasting but always somehow different or distinct, part of something else (location, time, size) | |
| The world economy had a rough patch in the 1930s. | |
| To me, a normal cow is white with black patches, but Sarah's from Texas and most of the cows there have solid brown, black, or red coats. | |
| Doesn't that patch of clouds looks like a bunny? | |
| When ice skating, be sure to stay away from reeds: there are always thin patches of ice there, and you could fall through. | |
| I never get first place because on track eight, right after you pass the windmill, there's a patch of oil in the road that always gets me. | |
| 5. n. (specifically) A small area, a small plot of land or piece of ground. | |
| Scattered patches of trees or growing corn. | |
| 6. n. An area of professional responsibility | |
| 7. n. (historical) A small piece of black silk stuck on the face or neck to heighten beauty by contrast, worn by ladies in the 17th and 18th centuries; an imitation beauty mark. | |
| 8. n. (medicine) A piece of material used to cover a wound. | |
| 9. n. (medicine) An adhesive piece of material, impregnated with a drug, which is worn on the skin, the drug being slowly absorbed over a period of time. | |
| Many people use a nicotine patch to wean themselves off of nicotine. | |
| 10. n. (medicine) A cover worn over a damaged eye, an eyepatch. | |
| He had scratched his cornea so badly that his doctor told him to wear a patch. | |
| 11. n. A block on the muzzle of a gun, to do away with the effect of dispart, in sighting. | |
| 12. n. (computing) A patch file, a file used for input to a patch program or that describes changes made to a computer file or files, usually changes made to a computer program that fix a programming bug. | |
| 13. n. A small piece of material that is manually passed through a gun barrel to clean it. | |
| 14. n. A piece of greased cloth or leather used as wrapping for a rifle ball, to make it fit the bore. | |
| 15. n. (often, patch cable, patch cord etc.; see also patch panel) A cable connecting two pieces of electrical equipment. | |
| 16. n. A sound setting for a musical synthesizer (originally selected by means of a patch cable). | |
| 17. v. To mend by sewing on a piece or pieces of cloth, leather, or the like | |
| MY coat needs patching. | |
| 18. v. To mend with pieces; to repair by fastening pieces on. | |
| 19. v. To make out of pieces or patches, like a quilt. | |
| 20. v. To join or unite the pieces of; to patch the skirt. | |
| 21. v. A temporary, removable electronic connection, as one between two components in a communications system. | |
| 22. v. (generally with the particle "up") To repair or arrange in a hasty or clumsy manner | |
| a truce has been patched up. | |
| 23. v. (computing) To make the changes a patch describes; to apply a patch to the files in question. Hence: | |
| 24. v. To fix or improve a computer program without a complete upgrade. | |
| 25. v. To make a quick and possibly temporary change to a program. | |
| 26. v. To connect two pieces of electrical equipment using a cable. | |
| I'll need to patch the preamp output to the mixer. | |
| 27. n. (archaic) A paltry fellow; a rogue; a ninny; a fool. | |
| cable |
| 1. n. (material) A long object used to make a physical connection. | |
| 2. n. A strong, large-diameter wire or rope, or something resembling such a rope. | |
| 3. n. An assembly of two or more cable-laid ropes. | |
| 4. n. An assembly of two or more wires, used for electrical power or data circuits; one or more and/or the whole may be insulated. | |
| 5. n. (nautical) A strong rope or chain used to moor or anchor a ship. | |
| 6. n. (communications) A system for transmitting television or Internet services over a network of coaxial or fibreoptic cables. | |
| I tried to watch the movie last night but my cable was out. | |
| 7. n. Short for cable television, broadcast over the above network, not by antenna. | |
| 8. n. A telegram, notably when sent by (submarine) telegraph cable. | |
| 9. n. (nautical) A unit of length equal to one tenth of a nautical mile. | |
| 10. n. (unit, chiefly nautical) 100 fathoms, 600 imperial feet, approximately 185 m. | |
| 11. n. (finance) The currency pair British Pound against United States Dollar. | |
| 12. n. (architecture) A moulding, shaft of a column, or any other member of convex, rounded section, made to resemble the spiral twist of a rope. | |
| 13. v. To provide with cable(s) | |
| 14. v. To fasten (as if) with cable(s) | |
| 15. v. To wrap wires to form a cable | |
| 16. v. To send a telegram by cable | |
| 17. v. (intransitive) To communicate by cable | |
| 18. v. (architecture, transitive) To ornament with cabling. | |
| patch |
| 1. n. A piece of cloth, or other suitable material, sewed or otherwise fixed upon a garment to repair or strengthen it, especially upon an old garment to cover a hole. | |
| His sleeves had patches on the elbows where different fabric had been sewn on to replace material that had worn away. | |
| 2. n. A small piece of anything used to repair damage or a breach; as, a patch on a kettle, a roof, etc. | |
| I can't afford to replace the roof, which is what it really needs. I'll have the roofer apply a patch. | |
| 3. n. A repair intended to be used for a limited time; (differs from previous usage in that it is intended to be a temporary fix and the size of the repair is irrelevant). This usage can mean that the repai | |
| Before you can fix a dam, you have to apply a patch to the hole so that everything can dry off.or that it is temporary because it is not meant to last long or will be removed as soon as a prope | |
| "This patch should hold until you reach the city," the mechanic said as he patted the car's hood. | |
| 4. n. A small, usually contrasting but always somehow different or distinct, part of something else (location, time, size) | |
| The world economy had a rough patch in the 1930s. | |
| To me, a normal cow is white with black patches, but Sarah's from Texas and most of the cows there have solid brown, black, or red coats. | |
| Doesn't that patch of clouds looks like a bunny? | |
| When ice skating, be sure to stay away from reeds: there are always thin patches of ice there, and you could fall through. | |
| I never get first place because on track eight, right after you pass the windmill, there's a patch of oil in the road that always gets me. | |
| 5. n. (specifically) A small area, a small plot of land or piece of ground. | |
| Scattered patches of trees or growing corn. | |
| 6. n. An area of professional responsibility | |
| 7. n. (historical) A small piece of black silk stuck on the face or neck to heighten beauty by contrast, worn by ladies in the 17th and 18th centuries; an imitation beauty mark. | |
| 8. n. (medicine) A piece of material used to cover a wound. | |
| 9. n. (medicine) An adhesive piece of material, impregnated with a drug, which is worn on the skin, the drug being slowly absorbed over a period of time. | |
| Many people use a nicotine patch to wean themselves off of nicotine. | |
| 10. n. (medicine) A cover worn over a damaged eye, an eyepatch. | |
| He had scratched his cornea so badly that his doctor told him to wear a patch. | |
| 11. n. A block on the muzzle of a gun, to do away with the effect of dispart, in sighting. | |
| 12. n. (computing) A patch file, a file used for input to a patch program or that describes changes made to a computer file or files, usually changes made to a computer program that fix a programming bug. | |
| 13. n. A small piece of material that is manually passed through a gun barrel to clean it. | |
| 14. n. A piece of greased cloth or leather used as wrapping for a rifle ball, to make it fit the bore. | |
| 15. n. (often, patch cable, patch cord etc.; see also patch panel) A cable connecting two pieces of electrical equipment. | |
| 16. n. A sound setting for a musical synthesizer (originally selected by means of a patch cable). | |
| 17. v. To mend by sewing on a piece or pieces of cloth, leather, or the like | |
| MY coat needs patching. | |
| 18. v. To mend with pieces; to repair by fastening pieces on. | |
| 19. v. To make out of pieces or patches, like a quilt. | |
| 20. v. To join or unite the pieces of; to patch the skirt. | |
| 21. v. A temporary, removable electronic connection, as one between two components in a communications system. | |
| 22. v. (generally with the particle "up") To repair or arrange in a hasty or clumsy manner | |
| a truce has been patched up. | |
| 23. v. (computing) To make the changes a patch describes; to apply a patch to the files in question. Hence: | |
| 24. v. To fix or improve a computer program without a complete upgrade. | |
| 25. v. To make a quick and possibly temporary change to a program. | |
| 26. v. To connect two pieces of electrical equipment using a cable. | |
| I'll need to patch the preamp output to the mixer. | |
| 27. n. (archaic) A paltry fellow; a rogue; a ninny; a fool. | |
| cord |
| 1. n. A long, thin, flexible length of twisted yarns (strands) of fiber (rope, for example); (qualifier) such a length of twisted strands considered as a commodity. | |
| The burglar tied up the victim with a cord. | |
| He looped some cord around his fingers. | |
| 2. n. A small flexible electrical conductor composed of wires insulated separately or in bundles and assembled together usually with an outer cover; the electrical cord of a lamp, sweeper ((US) vacuum clean | |
| 3. n. A unit of measurement for firewood, equal to 128 cubic feet (4 × 4 × 8 feet), composed of logs and/or split logs four feet long and none over eight inches diameter. It is usually seen as a | |
| 4. n. (figuratively) Any influence by which persons are caught, held, or drawn, as if by a cord. | |
| 5. n. (anatomy) Any structure having the appearance of a cord, especially a tendon or nerve. | |
| spermatic cord; spinal cord; umbilical cord; vocal cords | |
| 6. n. (dated form of chord): musical sense. | |
| 7. n. (misspelling of chord): a cross-section measurement of an aircraft wing. | |
| 8. v. To furnish with cords | |
| 9. v. To tie or fasten with cords | |
| 10. v. To flatten a book during binding | |
| 11. v. To arrange (wood, etc.) in a pile for measurement by the cord. | |
| etc |
| 1. adv. alternative form of etc. | |
