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[mend] 
–verb (used with object)
| 1. | to make (something broken, worn, torn, or otherwise damaged) whole, sound, or usable by repairing: to mend old clothes; to mend a broken toy. |
| 2. | to remove or correct defects or errors in. |
| 3. | to set right; make better; improve: to mend matters. |
–verb (used without object)
| 4. | to progress toward recovery, as a sick person. |
| 5. | (of broken bones) to grow back together; knit. |
| 6. | to improve, as conditions or affairs. |
–noun
—Idioms| 7. | the act of mending; repair or improvement. |
| 8. | a mended place. |
| 9. | mend sail, Nautical. to refurl sails that have been badly furled. Also, mend the furl. |
| 10. | on the mend,
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Related forms:
mend⋅a⋅ble, adjective
Synonyms:
1. fix, restore, retouch. Mend, darn, patch mean to repair something and thus renew its usefulness. Mend is a general expression that emphasizes the idea of making whole something damaged: to mend a broken dish, a tear in an apron. Darn and patch are more specific, referring particularly to repairing holes or rents. To darn is to repair by means of stitches interwoven with one another: to darn stockings. To patch is to cover a hole or rent (usually) with a piece or pieces of similar material and to secure the edges of these; it implies a more temporary or makeshift repair than the others: to patch the knees of trousers, a rubber tire. 2. rectify, amend, emend. 3. ameliorate, meliorate. 4. heal, recover, amend.
1. fix, restore, retouch. Mend, darn, patch mean to repair something and thus renew its usefulness. Mend is a general expression that emphasizes the idea of making whole something damaged: to mend a broken dish, a tear in an apron. Darn and patch are more specific, referring particularly to repairing holes or rents. To darn is to repair by means of stitches interwoven with one another: to darn stockings. To patch is to cover a hole or rent (usually) with a piece or pieces of similar material and to secure the edges of these; it implies a more temporary or makeshift repair than the others: to patch the knees of trousers, a rubber tire. 2. rectify, amend, emend. 3. ameliorate, meliorate. 4. heal, recover, amend.
Antonyms:
1. ruin, destroy, 4. die, sicken.
1. ruin, destroy, 4. die, sicken.
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| mend (měnd) v. mend·ed, mend·ing, mends v. tr.
[Middle English menden, short for amenden, to amend; see amend.] mend'a·ble adj., mend'er n. |
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Mend
Mend\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Mended; p. pr. & vb. n. Mending.] [Abbrev. fr. amend. See Amend.]1. 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. 2. To alter for the better; to set right; to reform; hence, to quicken; as, to mend one's manners or pace. The best service they could do the state was to mend the lives of the persons who composed it. --Sir W. Temple. 3. To help, to advance, to further; to add to. Though in some lands the grass is but short, yet it mends garden herbs and fruit. --Mortimer. You mend the jewel by the wearing it. --Shak. Syn: To improve; help; better; emend; amend; correct; rectify; reform.Mend
Mend\, v. i. To grow better; to advance to a better state; to become improved. --Shak.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : mend
Spanish:
arreglar,
German:
reparieren,
Japanese:
直す
mend
c.1200, "to free from sin or fault, improve morally," from an aphetic form of O.Fr. amender (see amend). Meaning "to fix something torn or broken" is from 1362; that of "to regain health" is from 1500.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Main Entry: 1mend
Pronunciation: 'mend
Function: transitive verb
: to restore to health :
Main Entry: 2mend
Function: noun
: an act of mending or repair —on the mend : getting better or improving especially in health
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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mend
In addition to the idioms beginning with mend, also see on the mend.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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