Past tense of patch
regular verb
The past tense of patch is patched. The past participle is also patched.
Forms of patch
| Base form (V1) | patch /pæt͡ʃ/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | patched /pæt͡ʃt/ |
| Past participle (V3) | patched /pæt͡ʃt/ |
| Present participle | patching /ˈpæ.t͡ʃɪŋ/ |
| Third person singular | patches /ˈpæt͡ʃɪz/ |
Patched in a sentence
- And the bellows was patched in more places than a cranberry picker's overalls.1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter VIII, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y.; London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC
- I patched together this quilt.
- They patched up their differences, but matters did not end there.From the entry there
- For every patient patched back together, another set of scrubs is torn off.2021 January 15, Susannah Goldsbrough, “First surgery, then sex: how Grey’s Anatomy became a TV juggernaut”, in Chris Evans, editor, The…. From the entry wall-slam
- We took the lot and patched them up before onwarding them back .2019, John Broom, Faithful in Adversity. From the entry onward
Meaning of patch
- noun 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.
- noun A small piece of anything used to repair damage or a breach; as, a patch on a kettle, a roof, etc.
- noun A piece of any size, used to repair something for a temporary period only, or that it is temporary because it is not meant to last long or will be removed as soon as a proper repair can be made, which will happen in the near future.
Questions about the past tense of patch
- What is the past tense of patch?
- The past tense of patch is patched.
- What is the past participle of patch?
- The past participle of patch is patched.
- Is patch a regular or irregular verb?
- Patch is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: patch (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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