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- DictionaryMend/mend/
verb
- 1. repair (something that is broken or damaged): "workmen were mending faulty cabling"
noun
- 1. a repair in a material: "the mends were so perfect you could not even tell the board had been damaged"
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to repair something that is broken, torn, or not working correctly: I've mended that hole in your skirt for you. We need to get the TV mended. mend. noun. uk / mend / us. be on the mend. informal. If you are on the mend, your health is improving after an illness.
to make (something broken, worn, torn, or otherwise damaged) whole, sound, or usable by repairing: to mend old clothes; to mend a broken toy. to remove or correct defects or errors in. to set right; make better; improve : to mend matters.
to stop behaving badly. Definition of mend verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Definitions of 'mend' 1. If you mend a tear or a hole in a piece of clothing, you repair it by sewing it. [...] 2. If a person or a part of their body mends or is mended, they get better after they have been ill or have had an injury. [...] 3. If you try to mend divisions between people, you try to end the disagreements or quarrels between them.
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Etymology
From Middle English menden, by apheresis for amenden (“to amend”); see amend.
Pronunciation
1. IPA(key): /mɛnd/ 1.1. (pin–pen merger) IPA(key): /mɪnd/ 2. Rhymes: -ɛnd
Noun
mend (plural mends) 1. A place, as in clothing, which has been repairedby mending. 2. The act of repairing or recovering. 2.1. My trousers have a big rip in them and need a mend. 2.1. 1911, Jack London, Adventure: 2.1.1. Though he was fearfully weak, he found himself actually feeling better. The disease had spent itself, and the mendhad begun.
Alternative forms
1. mên — Gheg
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin mentem.
Noun
mend 1. mind
Pronunciation
1. IPA(key): /mɛnt/ 2. Rhymes: -ɛnt 3. Syllabification: mend
Noun
mend 1. genitive plural of menda
Definitions of 'mend' 1. If you mend something that is broken or not working, you repair it, so that it works properly or can be used. [...] 2. If a person or a part of their body mends or is mended, they get better after they have been ill or have had an injury. [...] 3.
to make (something broken, worn, torn, or otherwise damaged) whole, sound, or usable by repairing: to mend old clothes; to mend a broken toy. to remove or correct defects or errors in. to set right; make better; improve : to mend matters.
