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To mend is defined as to fix or repair, or to get better or resolve a disagreement.

(verb)

When you sew up a hole in a sweater, this is an example of a situation where you mend the sweater.
When you are sick and your health improves, this is an example of a situation where you mend.
When you are fighting with someone and you then make up, this is an example of a situation where you mend your relationship.

The definition of a mend is a repair in a material.

(noun)

An area in a sock that has been stitched back together where a hole had formed is an example of a mend.

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See mend in Webster's New World College Dictionary

transitive verb

to repair (something broken, torn, or worn); restore to good condition; make whole; fix
to make better; improve; reform; set right: to mend one's manners
to atone for; make amends for: now only in

Origin: ME menden, aphetic < amenden, amend

intransitive verb

to get better; improve, esp. in health
to grow together again or heal, as a fracture

noun

the act of mending; improvement
a mended place, as on a garment

Related Forms:

mendable adjective
mender noun

See mend in American Heritage Dictionary 4

verb mend·ed, mend·ing, mends

verb, transitive

To make repairs or restoration to; fix.
To reform or correct: mend one's ways.

verb, intransitive

a. To improve in health or condition: The patient is mending well.
b. To heal: The bone mended in a month.
To make repairs or corrections.

noun

The act of mending: did a neat mend on the sock.
A mended place: You can't tell where the mend is.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English menden

Origin: , short for amenden, to amend; see amend

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Related Forms:

mendˈa·ble adjective

mendˈer noun

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