Mend

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  • intransitive verb. To make repairs or restoration to; fix.
  • intransitive verb. To reform or correct.
  • intransitive verb. undefined
  • intransitive verb. To improve in health or condition.
  • intransitive verb. To heal.
  • intransitive verb. To make repairs or corrections.
  • noun. The act of mending.
  • noun. A mended place.
  • idiom. (mend fences) To improve poor relations, especially in politics.
  • idiom. (on the mend) Improving, especially in health.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. Amendment; improvement; course of improvement; way to recoversy: as, to be on the mend (said especially of a person recovering from illness).
  • To repair, as something broken, defaced, deranged, or worn; make whole or fit for use; restore to a sound or serviceable condition: as, to mend shoes or clothes, a wall or a road.
  • To correct or reform; make or set right; bring to a proper state or condition: as, to mend one's ways, health, or fortune; that will not mend the matter.
  • To improve; make better in any way; help, further, better, advance in value or consideration, etc.
  • To improve upon; add to; surpass or outdo: as, to mend one's shot (that is, to make a better one).
  • To grow or do better; improve; act or behave better.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • transitive verb. To repair, as anything that is torn, broken, defaced, decayed, or the like; to restore from partial decay, injury, or defacement; to patch up; to put in shape or order again; to re-create.
  • transitive verb. To alter for the better; to set right; to reform; hence, to quicken.
  • transitive verb. To help, to advance, to further; to add to.
  • intransitive verb. To grow better; to advance to a better state; to become improved; to recover; to heal.
  • intransitive verb. recovering from an illness or injury.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A place, as in clothing, which has been repaired by mending.
  • noun. The act of repairing.
  • verb. To repair, as anything that is torn, broken, defaced, decayed, or the like; to restore from partial decay, injury, or defacement; to patch up; to put in shape or order again; to re-create; as, to mend a garment or a machine.
  • verb. To alter for the better; to set right; to reform; hence, to quicken; as, to mend one's manners or pace.
  • verb. To help, to advance, to further; to add to.
  • verb. To grow better; to advance to a better state; to become improved.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • verb. restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken
  • noun. the act of putting something in working order again
  • noun. sewing that repairs a worn or torn hole (especially in a garment)
  • verb. heal or recover
  • Word Usage
    "-- "Well, well," quoth the doctor, "I will make it up with your Majesty on these terms, -- as _you mend I'll mend_.""
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