Thesaurus: mend

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1. v. t. 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.
2. v. t. To alter for the better; to set right; to reform; hence, to quicken; as, to mend one's manners or pace.
3. v. t. To help, to advance, to further; to add to.
4. v. i. To grow better; to advance to a better state; to become improved.
5. n. sewing that repairs a worn or torn hole (especially in a garment)
6. n. the act of putting something in working order again
7. v. restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken
8. v. heal or recover
9. 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. 2. To alter for the better; to set right; to reform; hence, to quicken; as, to mend one's manners or pace. The best service they could do the state was to mend the lives of the persons who composed it. Sir W. Temple. 3. To help, to advance, to further; to add to. Though in some lands the grass is but short, yet it mends garden herbs and fruit. Mortimer. You mend the jewel by the wearing it. Shak. Syn. -- To improve; help; better; emend; amend; correct; rectify; reform. To grow better; to advance to a better state; to become improved. Shak.
10. To grow better; to advance to a better state; to becomeimproved. Shak.
11. n:15/v:85 n. sewing that repairs a worn or torn hole (especially in a garment) v. heal or recover