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mend
English
Etymology
From Middle English menden, by apheresis for amenden (“to amend”); see amend.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /m?nd/
- Rhymes: -?nd
Noun
mend (plural mends)
- A place, as in clothing, which has been repaired by mending.
- The act of repairing.
Derived terms
- on the mend
Translations
Verb
mend (third-person singular simple present mends, present participle mending, simple past and past participle mended)
- (transitive) To repair, as anything that is torn, broken, defaced, decayed, or the like; to restore from partial decay, injury, or defacement.
- (transitive) To alter for the better; to set right; to reform; hence, to quicken; as, to mend one's manners or pace.
- 1685, William Temple, Of Gardens
- 1685, William Temple, Of Gardens
- (transitive) To help, to advance, to further; to add to.
- (intransitive) To grow better; to advance to a better state; to become improved.
Derived terms
- least said, soonest mended
- mend one's pace
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:repair
Translations
Related terms
Further reading
- mend in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- mend in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- mend at OneLook Dictionary Search
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /m?nt/
Noun
mend
- genitive plural of menda
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mending
English
Verb
mending
- present participle of mend
Noun
mending (plural mendings)
- The act by which something is mended or repaired.
- 1844, Edmund Leahy, A Practical Treatise on Making and Repairing Roads (page 133)
- This road though frequently repaired had been nevertheless but little the better for the frequent mendings […]
- 1844, Edmund Leahy, A Practical Treatise on Making and Repairing Roads (page 133)
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