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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026mend /mɛnd/USA pronunciation
v.
- to make (something damaged) better by repairing:[~ + object]to mend torn clothes.
- to set right;
improve:[~ + object]See if you can mend matters between them.
- to (cause to) progress toward recovery: [no object]His broken arm is mending.[~ + object]The treatment mended his broken arm.
n. [countable]
- the act of mending.
- a mended place or part.
Idioms
- Idioms mend one's fences, to strengthen or establish again one's position by negotiation, discussing, or explaining:mended his fences with his wife's family.
- mend one's ways, to improve one's way of behaving:As he grew older he mended his ways and became a useful citizen.
- on the mend, improving, esp. in health:The patient was on the mend.
mend•er, n. [countable]
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026mend•er
(men′dər),USA pronunciation n.
- a person or thing that mends.
- Metallurgya piece of sheet metal that has been imperfectly tinned but that may be retinned to an acceptable standard.
- 1350–1400; Middle English; see mend, -er1
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026mend
(mend),USA pronunciation v.t.
- to make (something broken, worn, torn, or otherwise damaged) whole, sound, or usable by repairing:to mend old clothes; to mend a broken toy.
- to remove or correct defects or errors in.
- to set right;
make better;
improve:to mend matters.
v.i. - to progress toward recovery, as a sick person.
- (of broken bones) to grow back together;
knit.
- to improve, as conditions or affairs.
- Nauticalmend sail, to refurl sails that have been badly furled. Also, mend the furl.
n. - the act of mending;
repair or improvement.
- a mended place.
- on the mend:
- Idiomsrecovering from an illness.
- Idiomsimproving in general, as a state of affairs:The breach between father and son is on the mend.
- Middle English menden, aphetic variant of amend 1150–1200
1. fix, restore, retouch. Mend, darn, patch mean to repair something and thus renew its usefulness. Mend is a general expression that emphasizes the idea of making whole something damaged:to mend a broken dish, a tear in an apron.Darn and patch are more specific, referring particularly to repairing holes or rents. To darn is to repair by means of stitches interwoven with one another:to darn stockings.To patch is to cover a hole or rent (usually) with a piece or pieces of similar material and to secure the edges of these; it implies a more temporary or makeshift repair than the others:to patch the knees of trousers, a rubber tire. 2. rectify, amend, emend. 3. ameliorate, meliorate. 4. heal, recover, amend.
1. ruin, destroy, 4. die, sicken.
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