Definitions for mend
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Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. mend, patch, darnnoun

   sewing that repairs a worn or torn hole (especially in a garment)

   "her stockings had several mends"

2. repair, fix, fixing, fixture, mend, mending, reparationverb

   the act of putting something in working order again

3. repair, mend, fix, bushel, doctor, furbish up, restore, touch onverb

   restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken

   "She repaired her TV set"; "Repair my shoes please"

4. mend, healverb

   heal or recover

   "My broken leg is mending"

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1. Mendverb

   To grow better; to advance to a better state; to become improved; to recover; to heal. Shak.

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. mendnoun

   A place, as in clothing, which has been repaired by mending.

2. mendnoun

   The act of repairing.

   My trousers have a big rip in them and need a mend.

3. mendverb

   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.

4. mendverb

   To alter for the better; to set right; to reform; hence, to quicken; as, to mend one's manners or pace.

5. mendverb

   To help, to advance, to further; to add to.

6. mendverb

   To grow better; to advance to a better state; to become improved.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. To Mendverb

   Etymology: emendo, Latin.

   1. To repair from breach or decay.

   They gave the money to the workmen to repair and mend the house. 2 Chron. xxxiv. 10.

   2. To correct; to alter for the better.

   The best service they could do to the state, was to mend the lives and manners of the persons who composed it. William Temple, Miscel.

   You need not despair, by the assistance of his growing reason, to master his timorousness, and mend the weakness of his constitution. John Locke, on Education.

   Though in some lands the grass is but short, yet it mends garden herbs and fruit. John Mortimer, Husbandry.

   Their opinion of Wood, and his project, is not mended. Jonathan Swift.

   3. To help; to advance.

   Whatever is new is unlooked for; and ever it mends some, and impairs others: and he that is holpen takes it for a fortune, and he that is hurt for a wrong. Francis Bacon.

   If, to avoid succession in eternal existence, they recur to the punctum stans of the schools, they will thereby very little mend the matter, or help us to a more positive idea of infinite duration. John Locke.

   4. To improve; to increase.

   Death comes not at call; justice divine
   Mends not her slowest pace, for pray’r, or cries. John Milton.

   When upon the sands the traveller,
   Sees the high sea come rolling from afar,
   The land grow short, he mends his weary pace,
   While death behind him covers all the place. Dryden.

   He saw the monster mend his pace; he springs,
   As terror had increas’d his feet with wings. Dryden.

2. To Mendverb

   To grow better; to advance in any good; to be changed for the better.

   Name a new play and he’s the poet’s friend;
   Nay, show’d his faults —— but when wou’d poets mend? Alexander Pope, Essay on Criticism.

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1. mend

   To repair something that is broken or damaged with the intent to restore it to its original or usable condition. This term can be used in different contexts, not only physical, but also in terms of relationships, health, or emotional states.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Mendverb

   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. Mendverb

   to alter for the better; to set right; to reform; hence, to quicken; as, to mend one's manners or pace

3. Mendverb

   to help, to advance, to further; to add to

4. Mendverb

   to grow better; to advance to a better state; to become improved

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1. Mend

   Mend is the critically acclaimed debut album by the Scottish band De Rosa. Released in June 2006, it was voted 16th in Mojo’s top 50 albums of 2006. It was recorded by Scottish producer Andy Miller.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Mend

   mend, v.t. to remove a fault: to repair, as something broken or worn: to make better: to correct, improve.—v.i. to grow better.—ns. Mend′er, one who mends; Mend′ing, the act of repairing: things requiring to be mended. [Short for amend.]

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1. MEND

   What does MEND stand for? -- Explore the various meanings for the MEND acronym on the Abbreviations.com website.

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of mend in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of mend in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of mend in a Sentence

1. Dello Russo:

   He’s stable, they moved him out of ICU, he’s on the mend right now. They got him all stapled up, but he’s going to be there for at least two weeks.

2. Walter Lippmann:

   When men are brought face to face with their opponents, forced to listen and learn and mend their ideas, they cease to be children and savages and begin to live like civilized men. Then only is freedom a reality, when men may voice their opinions because they must examine their opinions.

3. Johannes Chan:

   (The charges) could not have come at a worse time, to proceed with it immediately after the election will do no good at all to the vowed attempt of (Lam) to mend the relationship with the pan-democrats.

4. Barbara Bloom:

   When the Japanese mend broken objects they aggrandize the damage by filling the cracks with gold, because they believe that when something's suffered damage and has a history it becomes more beautiful.

5. Zenas Zelotes:

   This is not a close family friend. This is not a relative. This is not the type of person who you would expect to reach out and try to mend a marriage.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=mend
2. ^ GCIDE
   https://gcide.gnu.org.ua/?q=mend
3. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Mend
4. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=mend
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mend
7. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=mend
8. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=mend