About The Word Mend
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Mend
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What's The Definition Of Mend?
[n] sewing that repairs a worn or torn place in a garment
[v] restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken; "She repaired her TV set"; "Repair my shoes please" [v] heal or recover; "My broken leg is mending" Synonyms | Synonyms for Mend: bushel | doctor | fix | furbish up | heal | patch | repair | restore | touch on Related Terms | Find terms related to Mend: acculturate | advance | advancement | ameliorate | amelioration | amend | amendment | ascent | better | bettering | betterment | boost | bring forward | civilize | cobble | come along | come on | commission | condition | convalesce | convalescent | convalescing | correct | darn | develop | do up | doctor | edify | educate | elevate | emend | enhance | enhancement | enlighten | enrich | enrichment | eugenics | euthenics | fatten | favor | fix | fix up | forward | foster | furtherance | gain | gain ground | get ahead | get along | get better | get well | go ahead | go forward | go straight | graduate | Great Leap Forward | grow better | headway | heal | improve | improve upon | improvement | improving | lard | lift | look up | make an improvement | make headway | make progress | make strides | meliorate | melioration | mending | nurture | on the mend | overhaul | patch | patch up | perk up | pick up | pickup | preferment | progress | progression | promote | promotion | put in commission | put in order | put in repair | put in shape | put right | raise | ready | rebuild | recap | recondition | reconstruct | recover | recovering | recovery | rectify | recuperate | redress | refine upon | reform | refurbish | rehabilitate | rejuvenate | remedy | renew | renovate | repair | restoration | restore | retread | revamp | revise | revival | right | rise | service | set right | set to rights | sew up | shape up | show improvement | skyrocket | socialize | straighten out | take off | tinker | tinker up | transfigure | transform | upbeat | upgrade | uplift | upping | upswing | uptrend | upward mobility | vamp See Also | ameliorate | amend | better | cobble | darn | fill | heel | improve | meliorate | patch | patch up | piece | point | reheel | repoint | resole | revamp | sewing | sole | stitchery | trouble-shoot | vamp Mend In Webster's Dictionary \Mend\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Mended}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Mending}.] [Abbrev. fr. amend. See {Amend}.]
1. To repair, as anything that is torn, broken, defaced,
decayed, or the like; to restore from partial decay,
injury, or defacement; to patch up; to put in shape or
order again; to re-create; as, to mend a garment or a
machine.
2. To alter for the better; to set right; to reform; hence,
to quicken; as, to mend one's manners or pace.
The best service they could do the state was to mend
the lives of the persons who composed it. --Sir W.
Temple.
3. To help, to advance, to further; to add to.
Though in some lands the grass is but short, yet it
mends garden herbs and fruit. --Mortimer.
You mend the jewel by the wearing it. --Shak.
Syn: To improve; help; better; emend; amend; correct;
rectify; reform.
\Mend\, v. i. To grow better; to advance to a better state; to become improved. --Shak. |
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