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mend
[mend]
verb (used with object)
to make (something broken, worn, torn, or otherwise damaged) whole, sound, or usable by repairing.
to mend old clothes; to mend a broken toy.
Synonyms: , ,Antonyms: ,to remove or correct defects or errors in.
Synonyms: , ,to set right; make better; improve.
to mend matters.
Synonyms:
verb (used without object)
to progress toward recovery, as a sick person.
Synonyms: , ,Antonyms: ,(of broken bones) to grow back together; knit.
to improve, as conditions or affairs.
noun
the act of mending; repair or improvement.
a mended place.
mend
/ ɛԻ /
verb
(tr) to repair (something broken or unserviceable)
to improve or undergo improvement; reform (often in the phrase mend one's ways )
(intr) to heal or recover
(intr) (of conditions) to improve; become better
(tr) to feed or stir (a fire)
noun
the act of repairing
a mended area, esp on a garment
becoming better, esp in health
Other Word Forms
- mendable adjective
- remend verb
- unmendable adjective
- unmended adjective
- well-mended adjective
- ˈԻ岹 adjective
- ˈԻ noun
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of mend1
Idioms and Phrases
mend sail, to refurl sails that have been badly furled. Also mend the furl
on the mend,
recovering from an illness.
improving in general, as a state of affairs.
The breach between father and son is on the mend.
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
His post comes after Trump declared that their relationship was over, and that he had no interest in mending ties with Musk.
Supervised by British soldiers, the agents were kept occupied with a range of tasks including mending boots and salvaging scrap metal from the surrounding countryside.
He replied "No" when asked if he wished to mend the damaged ties.
But he may need some of them to work with him to rebuild public trust and mend a fractured country.
In recent months, Lee has tried to smooth the rougher edges of his public persona, vowing to mend the country’s increasingly combustible partisan rifts.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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