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mend  (mnd)

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.

Idioms:

mend fences

To improve poor relations, especially in politics: "Whatever thoughts he may have entertained about mending some fences with [them] were banished" Conor Cruise O'Brien.

on the mend

Improving, especially in health.

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[Middle English menden, short for amenden, to amend; see amend.]

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menda·ble adj.

mender n.

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mend

Verb

1. to repair something broken or not working

2. to heal or recover: a wound like that will take a while to mend

3. (esp. of behaviour) to improve; make or become better: if you don't mend your ways you'll be in serious trouble

Noun

1. a mended area, esp. on a garment

2. on the mend regaining one's health [from amend]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	mend - sewing that repairs a worn or torn hole (especially in a garment); "her stockings had several mends" darn, patch stitchery, sewing - needlework on which you are working with needle and thread; "she put her sewing back in the basket"
	2.	mend - the act of putting something in working order again fixing, repair, mending, fix, reparation, fixture improvement - the act of improving something; "their improvements increased the value of the property" darning - the act of mending a hole in a garment with crossing threads patching - the act of mending a hole in a garment by sewing a patch over it maintenance, upkeep, care - activity involved in maintaining something in good working order; "he wrote the manual on car care" quick fix, quickie, quicky, band aid - hurried repair restoration - the act of restoring something or someone to a satisfactory state reconstruction - the activity of constructing something again restitution - the act of restoring something to its original state
Verb	1.	mend - restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken; "She repaired her TV set"; "Repair my shoes please" fix, furbish up, repair, bushel, doctor, touch on, restore ameliorate, improve, meliorate, amend, better - to make better; "The editor improved the manuscript with his changes" tinker, fiddle - try to fix or mend; "Can you tinker with the T.V. set--it's not working right"; "She always fiddles with her van on the weekend" fill - plug with a substance; "fill a cavity" patch, piece - repair by adding pieces; "She pieced the china cup" cobble - repair or mend; "cobble shoes" repoint, point - repair the joints of bricks; "point a chimney" trouble-shoot, troubleshoot - solve problems; "He is known to be good at trouble-shooting" patch up, patch - mend by putting a patch on; "patch a hole" resole, sole - put a new sole on; "sole the shoes" revamp, vamp - provide (a shoe) with a new vamp; "revamp my old boots" reheel, heel - put a new heel on; "heel shoes" darn - repair by sewing; "darn socks"
	2.	mend - heal or recover; "My broken leg is mending" heal ameliorate, improve, meliorate, better - get better; "The weather improved toward evening"

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mend

verb 1. repair, fix, restore, renew, patch up, renovate, refit, retouch

verb 2. darn, repair, patch, stitch, sew

verb 3. heal, improve, recover, cure, remedy, get better, be all right, be cured, recuperate, pull through, convalesce

verb 4. improve, better, reform, correct, revise, amend, rectify, ameliorate, emend on the mend convalescent, improving, recovering, getting better, recuperating, convalescing

Translations

mend [mɛnd] vt → reparar, arreglar (= darn); zurcir

vi → reponerse

n (gen) → remiendo (= darn); zurcido;

to be on the mend → ir mejorando

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mend [mɛnd] vt → réparer (= darn); raccommoder, repriser

n → reprise f;

on the mend → en voie de guérison;

to mend one's ways → s'amender

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mend [mɛnd] vt → reparieren;

(darn) → flicken

n to be on the mend → auf dem Wege der Besserung sein;

to mend one's ways → sich bessern

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mend [mɛnd] vt → aggiustare, riparare (= darn); rammendare

n → rammendo;

on the mend → in via di guarigione