Repair

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. To restore to sound condition after damage or injury; fix: repaired the broken watch.
  • v. To set right; remedy: repair an oversight.
  • v. To renew or revitalize.
  • v. To make up for or compensate for (a loss or wrong, for example).
  • verb-intransitive. To make repairs.
  • n. The work, act, or process of repairing.
  • n. An instance or a result of repairing. Often used in the plural: My car is in the shop for repairs. We checked the repairs before returning his car.
  • n. General condition after use or repairing: in good repair.
  • n. Something that has been repaired.
  • verb-intransitive. To betake oneself; go: repair to the dining room.
  • verb-intransitive. To go frequently or habitually: repairs to the restaurant every week.
  • n. An act of going or sojourning: our annual repair to the mountains.
  • n. A place to which one goes frequently or habitually; a haunt.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. The act of repairing something.
  • n. The result of repairing something.
  • n. The condition of something, in respect of need for repair.
  • v. To restore to good working order, fix, or improve damaged condition; to mend; to remedy.
  • n. An act of going on vacation.
  • n. A place to which one goes frequently or habitually; a haunt.
  • v. To transfer oneself to another place.
  • v. to pair again
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • verb-intransitive. To return.
  • verb-intransitive. To go; to betake one's self; to resort; ass, to repair to sanctuary for safety.
  • n. The act of repairing or resorting to a place.
  • n. Place to which one repairs; a haunt; a resort.
  • v. To restore to a sound or good state after decay, injury, dilapidation, or partial destruction; to renew; to restore; to mend.
  • v. To make amends for, as for an injury, by an equivalent; to indemnify for.
  • n. Restoration to a sound or good state after decay, waste, injury, or partial restruction; supply of loss; reparation.
  • n. Condition with respect to soundness, perfectness, etc.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To restore to a sound, good, or complete state after decay, injury, dilapidation, or partial destruction; restore; renovate.
  • To make amends for, as for an injury, by an equivalent; give indemnity for; make good: as, to repair a loss or damage.
  • To fortify; defend.
  • To recover, or get into position for offense again, as a weapon.
  • Synonyms To mend, refit, retouch, vamp (up), patch, tinker (up).
  • n. Restoration to a sound or good state after decay, waste, injury, or partial destruction; supply of loss; reparation.
  • n. Good or sound condition kept up by repairing as required; with a qualifying term, condition as regards repairing: as, a building in good or bad repair.
  • n. Reparation for wrong; amends.
  • n. Attire; apparel.
  • To go to a (specified) place; betake one's self; resort: as, to repair to a sanctuary for safety.
  • To return.
  • n. The act of betaking one's self to a (specified) place; a resorting.
  • n. A place to which one repairs; haunt; resort.
  • n. Probably, an invitation or a return.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a frequently visited place
  • n. a formal way of referring to the condition of something
  • v. set straight or right
  • v. move, travel, or proceed toward some place
  • v. give new life or energy to
  • v. restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken
  • v. make amends for; pay compensation for
  • n. the act of putting something in working order again
  • Verb Form
    repaired    repairing    repairs   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    condition    status    correct    rectify    right    locomote    travel    move    go    energise   
    Cross Reference
    renew    correct    redress    renewal    correction    restoration   
    Form
    disrepair    repairer    reparable    repairable    repatriate   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    return    go    resort    haunt    recruit    retrieve    mend    renew    amend    restore    recover   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Adair    Aer    Altair    Astaire    Ayre    Baer    Bear    Blair    Cher    Clair   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts