have
Her jeans have patches all over them.

sew on/onto
She wore a jacket with bright patches sewn onto it.

patch on
dancers with patches on their costumes

irregular
clear, coloured/colored, dark
damp, wet
dry
sweat
icy
icy patches on the roads

bald
He has a small bald patch on the crown of his head.

rough

in patches
The velvet curtains were faded in patches.

patch of
There were some patches of clear blue sky.

patch on
A large damp patch had appeared on the ceiling.

a patch of colour/color
Flowers provide bright patches of colour/color.

isolated
an isolated patch of forest

grassy
bare
berry (AmE), cabbage, potato, pumpkin (esp. AmE), strawberry, vegetable
briar (often figurative, esp. AmE)
The track passes through dense weeds and briar patches.
This led Nixon into a political briar patch (= painful situation difficult to escape).

in a/the patch
I spent Sunday working in my vegetable patch.

on a/the patch
located on a small patch of flat ground

patch of
We found a nice patch of grass to sit on.

bad, difficult, rocky, rough, soft (BrE), sticky (BrE)
purple (BrE)
The team has hit a purple patch, with nine wins from their last ten games.

go through, have, hit
Their business hit a sticky patch last year.

patch of (esp. BrE)
I was going through a patch of poor health.

sport, wear
He wears a patch from his employer, Verizon.

sew on, stitch on
It has a UPS patch sewn on the right shoulder.

patch on
Students were wearing American flag patches on their sleeves.

security

apply, deploy
download, install
issue, release