'Mend' definitions:
Definition of 'mend'
(from WordNet)
noun
Sewing that repairs a worn or torn hole (especially in a garment); "her stockings had several mends" [syn: mend, patch, darn]
noun
The act of putting something in working order again [syn: repair, fix, fixing, fixture, mend, mending, reparation]
verb
Restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken; "She repaired her TV set"; "Repair my shoes please" [syn: repair, mend, fix, bushel, doctor, furbish up, restore, touch on] [ant: break, bust]
verb
Heal or recover; "My broken leg is mending" [syn: mend, heal]
Definition of 'Mend'
From: GCIDE
- Mend \Mend\ (m[e^]nd), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Mended; p. pr. & vb. n. Mending.] [Abbrev. fr. amend. See Amend.] [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To alter for the better; to set right; to reform; hence, to quicken; as, to mend one's manners or pace. [1913 Webster]
- The best service they could do the state was to mend the lives of the persons who composed it. --Sir W. Temple. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To help, to advance, to further; to add to. [1913 Webster]
- Though in some lands the grass is but short, yet it mends garden herbs and fruit. --Mortimer. [1913 Webster]
- You mend the jewel by the wearing it. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: To improve; help; better; emend; amend; correct; rectify; reform. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Mend'
From: GCIDE
- Mend \Mend\, v. i. To grow better; to advance to a better state; to become improved; to recover; to heal. --Shak. [1913 Webster +PJC]
- on the mend pred. a. recovering from an illness or injury. [PJC]
Synonyms of 'mend'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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