Mend

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. To make repairs or restoration to; fix.
  • v. To reform or correct: mend one's ways.
  • verb-intransitive. To improve in health or condition: The patient is mending well.
  • verb-intransitive. To heal: The bone mended in a month.
  • verb-intransitive. To make repairs or corrections.
  • n. The act of mending: did a neat mend on the sock.
  • n. A mended place: You can't tell where the mend is.
  • idiom. mend fences To improve poor relations, especially in politics: "Whatever thoughts he may have entertained about mending some fences with [them] were banished” ( Conor Cruise O'Brien).
  • idiom. on the mend Improving, especially in health.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A place, as in clothing, which has been repaired by mending.
  • n. The act of repairing.
  • v. 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.
  • v. To alter for the better; to set right; to reform; hence, to quicken; as, to mend one's manners or pace.
  • v. To help, to advance, to further; to add to.
  • v. To grow better; to advance to a better state; to become improved.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • v. 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.
  • v. To alter for the better; to set right; to reform; hence, to quicken.
  • v. To help, to advance, to further; to add to.
  • verb-intransitive. To grow better; to advance to a better state; to become improved; to recover; to heal.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • 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.
  • n. Amendment; improvement; course of improvement; way to recoversy: as, to be on the mend (said especially of a person recovering from illness).
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken
  • n. the act of putting something in working order again
  • n. sewing that repairs a worn or torn hole (especially in a garment)
  • v. heal or recover
  • Verb Form
    mended    mendes    mending    mends   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    sewing    stitchery    ameliorate    better    meliorate    improve   
    Form
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    re-create    reform    recover    heal    mankind    improve    expiate    repair    curer   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    End    Friend    Mende    Wend    abend    amend    append    apprehend    ascend    attend   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    raffia    sare    toiletry    darning    commixture    reënforcement    woven-wire    unsinged    wastepaper    modernness