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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

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

n → reprise f;

on the mend → en voie de guérison;

to mend one's ways → s'amender

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

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

n → rammendo;

on the mend → in via di guarigione

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mend

v mend [mend]

1 to put (something broken, torn etc) into good condition again; to repair Can you mend this broken chair?regmaak, herstelيُصَلِّحпоправямspravit; napravitreparerereparierenφτιάχνω, επιδιορθώνωarreglarparandamaتعمیر کردنkorjataréparerלְתַקֵןठीक करनाpopravitimegjavítmemperbaikilagfæraaggiustare直す고치다, 수리하다(su)taisyti, (su)adyti[]labot; []remontētmembaikireparerenreparere, lappe, stoppe, bøtezreperowaćconsertara reparaчинитьopraviťpopravitipopravitilaga, repareraแก้ไขonarmak, tamir etmek修補лагодити; ремонтуватиمرمت کرناsửa chữa修补

2 to grow better, especially in health My broken leg is mending very well.herstelيَلْتَئِم الجُرْح، يَتَحَسَّن صِحيّاًоздравявамhojit sevære i bedringsich bessernσυνέρχομαι, καλυτερεύωcurarseparanemaبهبودی یافتنparantuaaller mieuxלְהַחלִיםसुधारना,दरुस्त करना या बनाना, स्वास्थ्य सुधारना, ठीक होनाpoboljšati(meg)javulmembaikbatna, lagastmigliorare快方に向かう(상태가) 좋아지다, 호전하다taisytis, gytiatlabtmembaikzich herstellenvære på bedringens vei; grogoić sięrecuperara se vindeca, a se însănătoşiвыздоравливать;заживатьhojiť sapopraviti sezarastatibli bättre, tillfrisknaหาย (จากเจ็บป่วย)iyileşmek, düzelmek治癒поліпшувати(ся)صحت بحال ہوناphục hồi治愈

n

a repaired place This shirt has a mend in the sleeve.herstelwerkمَكان مُصَلَّحпоправено мястоsprávkareparationder Flickenμπάλωμαremiendolapp, paikتعمیرگاهpaikka, parsimarepriseתִּיקוּןमरम्मतpokrpano mjestojavítástambalanviðgerð, bótrammendo繕い수선한 자리susiūta/suadyta vietaielāps; lāpīta vietatempat jerumatverstelde pleklapp(ing)cerowanie, naprawaremendocârpeală; reparaţieпочиненное местоopravazakrpazakrpalagningรอยปะyama補丁заштопана дірка, замазана тріщинаمرمت کی گئی جگہmiếng vá修补好的地方

n ˈmending

1 the act of repairing the mending of the chair.herstelpunt, herstelplekإصْلاح، تَصْليحпоправянеopravareparationdas Ausbessernεπιδιόρθωση, μαντάρισμαarregloparandamineتعمیرkorjausréparationתִּיקוּןमरम्मतीय सामग्री की सिलाईpopravak(meg)javításperbaikanviðgerðriparazione修理수리taisymas[]labošana; remontsperbaikanreparatielapping, reparasjonreperacjareparaçãoreparareпочинкаopravapopravilopopravkalagning, reparationการซ่อมแซมonarma, tamir etme修補поліпшенняمرمت کرنے کا عملsự sửa chữa修补工作

2 things needing to be mended, especially by sewing Put your torn shirt with my pile of mending!herstelwerkأشْياء بِحاجَةٍ إلى تَصْليحнещо за поправянеvěci k správcereparationstøjdie Stopfwäscheρούχα για μαντάρισμαropa para arreglarkatkine pesuچیزی که لازم است تعمیر شودparsimuksetvêtements à raccomoder“תִּיקוּנִים”zakrpajavítanivalótambalanfatnaður sem þarfnast viðgerðar(panni da rammendare)繕い物수선할 옷taisytini daiktai/drabužiai[]labojamas/remontējamas/lāpāmas lietastempat perlu dijahitverstelwerklappetøy, klær som må lappesrzecz do naprawy/cerowaniaroupa a consertarlucruri de reparat/de cârpitвещи для починкиveci na opravušivanjeodeća za krpljenjekläder som ska lagas, stoppkläderเสื้อผ้าซึ่งเย็บซ่อมแซมyama, sökük, dikik需修補的東西штопання; латанняمرمت کی جانے والی شےcần sửa需修补的东西