Term: patching: the act of mending a hole in a garment by sewing a patch over it
Broader: entity: that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving) | Unrelated: culcita: includes some plants usually placed in e.g. genus Dicksonia: terrestrial ferns resembling bracken; tropical America; Malaysia to Australia and Polynesia; southwestern Europe and Atlantic islands
Broader: entity: that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving) | Unrelated: sandwich board: signboard consisting of two hinged boards that hang front and back from the shoulders of a walker and are used to display advertisements
Broader: entity: that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving) | Unrelated: misery: a state of ill-being due to affliction or misfortune
Broader: entity: that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving) | Unrelated: fluorescein: a yellow dye that is visible even when highly diluted; used as an absorption indicator when silver nitrate solution is added to sodium chloride in order to precipitate silver chloride (turns pink when no chloride ions are left in solution and negative fluorescein ions are then absorbed)
Broader: entity: that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving) | Unrelated: thrips: any of various small to minute sucking insects with narrow feathery wings if any; they feed on plant sap and many are destructive
Broader: entity: that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving) | Unrelated: fluctuation: the quality of being unsteady and subject to changes
Broader: entity: that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving) | Unrelated: sidereal day: the time for one complete rotation of the earth relative to a particular star, about 4 minutes shorter than a mean solar day
Broader: entity: that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving) | Unrelated: juglandales: coextensive with the family Juglandaceae
Broader: entity: that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving) | Unrelated: bacteriophage: a virus that is parasitic (reproduces itself) in bacteria
Broader: entity: that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving) | Unrelated: flip: hot or cold alcoholic mixed drink containing a beaten egg