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Mend

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Noun

1. darn, mend, patch

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

Example Sentences:
'her stockings had several mends'

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

the act of putting something in working order again

Verb

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

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

Example Sentences:
'She repaired her TV set'
'Repair my shoes please'

4. heal, mend

heal or recover

Example Sentences:
'My broken leg is mending'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Mend

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verb
1. (transitive)
to repair (something broken or unserviceable)
2. 
to improve or undergo improvement; reform (often in the phrase mend one's ways)
3. (intransitive)
to heal or recover
4. (intransitive)
(of conditions) to improve; become better
5. (transitive) Northern England
to feed or stir (a fire)
noun
6. 
the act of repairing
7. 
a mended area, esp on a garment
8.  on the mend

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Mend

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verb transitive
1. 
to repair (something broken, torn, or worn); restore to good condition; make whole; fix
2. 
to make better; improve; reform; set right
to mend one's manners
3. 
to atone for; make amends for
now only in least said, soonest mended
verb intransitive
4. 
to get better; improve, esp. in health
5. 
to grow together again or heal, as a fracture
noun
6. 
the act of mending; improvement
7. 
a mended place, as on a garment

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Mend

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v. mend·ed, mend·ing, mends
v.tr.
1. To make repairs or restoration to; fix.
2. To reform or correct: mend one's ways.
v.intr.
1.
a. To improve in health or condition: The patient is mending well.
b. To heal: The bone mended in a month.
2. To make repairs or corrections.
n.
1. The act of mending: did a neat mend on the sock.
2. A mended place: You can't tell where the mend is.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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