mend (m nd)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. Idioms: 1. The act of mending: did a neat mend on the sock. 2. A mended place: You can't tell where the mend is. 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. [Middle English menden, short for amenden, to amend; see amend.] mend  a·ble adj.mend er n. |
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