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Definition of 'Mend'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (v.t.) mend
to make (something damaged) whole, sound, or usable by repairing:
to mend clothes.

2.  mend
to correct defects or errors in.

3.  mend
to set right; make better; improve:
to mend matters.

4. (v.i.) mend
to progress toward recovery, as a sick person.

5.  mend
(of broken bones) to grow together; knit.

6.  mend
to improve, as conditions or affairs.

7. (n.) mend
the act of mending; repair.

8.  mend
a mended place.

9.  mend
improving, esp. in health.

Etymology: (1150–1200; ME, aph. var. of

Definition of 'Mend'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) mend, patch, darn
sewing that repairs a worn or torn hole (especially in a garment)
"her stockings had several mends"

2. (verb) repair, fix, fixing, fixture, mend, mending, reparation
the act of putting something in working order again

3. (verb) repair, mend, fix, bushel, doctor, furbish up, restore, touch on
restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken
"She repaired her TV set"; "Repair my shoes please"

4. (verb) mend, heal
heal or recover
"My broken leg is mending"

Definition of 'Mend'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (verb) mend
to fix a hole in a piece of clothing
to mend socks

2. mend
(of a broken bone) to grow back together
It'll take a few months for the bone to mend.

3. mend
to fix a broken object
Dad's mending my bike.

Definition of 'Mend'

Webster Dictionary

1. (verb) Mend
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. (verb) Mend
to alter for the better; to set right; to reform; hence, to quicken; as, to mend one's manners or pace

3. (verb) Mend
to help, to advance, to further; to add to

4. (verb) Mend
to grow better; to advance to a better state; to become improved

Translation of 'Mend'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: to put (something broken, torn etc) into good condition again; to repair Can you mend this broken chair?
Afrikaans: regmaak, herstel	Arabic: يُصَلِّح	Bulgarian: поправям
Brazilian: consertar	Czech: spravit; napravit	German: reparieren
Danish: reparere	Greek: φτιάχνω, επιδιορθώνω	Spanish: arreglar
Estonian: parandama	Farsi: تعمیر کردن	Finnish: korjata
French: réparer	Hebrew: לְתַקֵן	Hindi: ठीक करना
Croatian: popraviti	Hungarian: megjavít	Indonesian: memperbaiki
Icelandic: lagfæra	Italian: aggiustare	Japanese: 直す
Korean: 수리하다	Lithuanian: (su)taisyti, (su)adyti	Latvian: []labot; []remontēt
Malay: membaiki	Dutch: repareren	Norwegian: reparere, lappe, stoppe,
Polish: zreperować	Persian: ،اعمار كردن تعمیر کردن	Pashto: ودانول،جوړول
Portuguese: consertar	Romanian: a repara	Russian: чинить
Slovak: opraviť	Slovenian: popraviti	Serbian: popraviti
Swedish: laga, reparera	Thai: แก้ไข	Turkish: onarmak, tamir etmek
Taiwanese: 修補	Ukrainian: лагодити; ремонтувати	Urdu: مرمت کرنا
Vietnamese: sửa chữa	Chinese: 修补
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