'Repair' definitions:
Definition of 'repair'
From: WordNet
noun
The act of putting something in working order again [syn: repair, fix, fixing, fixture, mend, mending, reparation]
noun
A formal way of referring to the condition of something; "the building was in good repair"
noun
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
Make amends for; pay compensation for; "One can never fully repair the suffering and losses of the Jews in the Third Reich"; "She was compensated for the loss of her arm in the accident" [syn: compensate, recompense, repair, indemnify]
verb
Move, travel, or proceed toward some place; "He repaired to his cabin in the woods" [syn: repair, resort]
verb
Set straight or right; "remedy these deficiencies"; "rectify the inequities in salaries"; "repair an oversight" [syn: rectify, remediate, remedy, repair, amend]
verb
Definition of 'Repair'
From: GCIDE
- Repair \Re*pair"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Repaired (-p?rd"); p. pr. & vb. n. Repairing.] [F. r['e]parer, L. reparare; pref. re- re- + parare to prepare. See Pare, and cf. Reparation.]
- 1. To restore to a sound or good state after decay, injury, dilapidation, or partial destruction; to renew; to restore; to mend; as, to repair a house, a road, a shoe, or a ship; to repair a shattered fortune. [1913 Webster]
- Secret refreshings that repair his strength. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- Do thou, as thou art wont, repair My heart with gladness. --Wordsworth. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To make amends for, as for an injury, by an equivalent; to indemnify for; as, to repair a loss or damage. [1913 Webster]
- I 'll repair the misery thou dost bear. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: To restore, recover; renew; amend; mend; retrieve; recruit. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Repair'
From: GCIDE
- Repair \Re*pair"\ (r?-p?r"), v. i. [OE. repairen, OF. repairier to return, fr. L. repatriare to return to one's contry, to go home again; pref. re- re- + patria native country, fr. pater father. See Father, and cf. Repatriate.]
- 1. To return. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- I thought . . . that he repaire should again. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To go; to betake one's self; to resort; ass, to repair to sanctuary for safety. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
- Go, mount the winds, and to the shades repair. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Repair'
From: GCIDE
- Repair \Re*pair"\, n.
- 1. Restoration to a sound or good state after decay, waste, injury, or partial restruction; supply of loss; reparation; as, materials are collected for the repair of a church or of a city. [1913 Webster]
- Sunk down and sought repair Of sleep, which instantly fell on me. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Condition with respect to soundness, perfectness, etc.; as, a house in good, or bad, repair; the book is out of repair. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Repair'
From: GCIDE
- Repair \Re*pair"\, n. [OF. repaire retreat, asylum, abode. See Repair to go.]
- 1. The act of repairing or resorting to a place. [R.] --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
- The king sent a proclamation for their repair to their houses. --Clarendon. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Place to which one repairs; a haunt; a resort. [R.] [1913 Webster]
- There the fierce winds his tender force assail And beat him downward to his first repair. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'repair'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- adjust,
- adjustment,
- amends,
- apply,
- atone,
- atone for,
- bad condition,
- brighten up,
- brush up,
- case,
- cobble,
- commission,
- compensate,
- compensation,
- condition,
- correction,
- darn,
- do up,
- doctor,
- estate,
- expiate,
- fare,
- fettle,
- fitness,
- fix,
- fix up,
- fixing,
- form,
- freshen,
- furbish,
- furbish up,
- give satisfaction,
- go,
- good condition,
- hie,
- improvement,
- journey,
- kilter,
- live down,
- make amends,
- make compensation,
- make good,
- make matters up,
- make reparation,
- make right,
- make up for,
- making right,
- mend,
- mending,
- nick,
- order,
- overhaul,
- overhauling,
- pass,
- patch,
- patch up,
- pay the forfeit,
- pay the penalty,
- polish,
- polish up,
- proceed,
- process,
- propitiate,
- push on,
- put in commission,
- put in order,
- put in repair,
- put in shape,
- put right,
- ready,
- rebuild,
- recap,
- recompense,
- recondition,
- reconstruct,
- rectification,
- recur,
- redeem,
- redress,
- refer,
- remedy,
- renew,
- renewal,
- renovate,
- renovation,
- repairing,
- reparation,
- restoration,
- restore,
- retouch,
- retread,
- revamp,
- revive,
- rub up,
- run,
- satisfaction,
- satisfy,
- service,
- set right,
- set to rights,
- sew up,
- shape,
- shine,
- spruce,
- spruce up,
- square it,
- square things,
- state,
- tinker,
- tinker up,
- tone up,
- touch up,
- travel,
- trim,
- troubleshooting,
- turn,
- vamp,
- vamp up,
- wend