Mend Definition
mĕnd
mended, mending, mends
verb
mended, mending, mends
To repair (something broken, torn, or worn); restore to good condition; make whole; fix.
Webster's New World
To get better; improve, esp. in health.
Webster's New World
To make better; improve; reform; set right.
To mend one's manners.
Webster's New World
To grow together again or heal, as a fracture.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
- heal
- touch on
- furbish-up
- bushel
- restore
- doctor
- fix
- repair
- recovering
- recuperating
- getting-better
- cobble
- put back together
- retouch
- patch-up
noun
mends
The act of mending; improvement.
Webster's New World
A mended place, as on a garment.
Webster's New World
idiom
mend fences
- To improve poor relations, especially in politics:
American Heritage
on the mend
- Improving, especially in health.
American Heritage
on the mend
- improving, esp. in health
Webster's New World
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