different between mend vs recruit

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)

1. A place, as in clothing, which has been repaired by mending.
2. 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)

1. (transitive) To repair, as anything that is torn, broken, defaced, decayed, or the like; to restore from partial decay, injury, or defacement.

2. (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

3. (transitive) To help, to advance, to further; to add to.
4. (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

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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

1. genitive plural of menda

English

Etymology

From French recruter (as a verb).

Pronunciation

• (General American) enPR: r??kro?ot, IPA^(key): /???k?ut/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /???k?u?t/

Noun

recruit (plural recruits)

1. A supply of anything wasted or exhausted; a reinforcement.
2. A person enlisted for service in the army; a newly enlisted soldier.
3. A hired worker

   These new recruits were hired after passing the interviews

4. (biology, ecology) A new adult or breeding-age member of a certain population.

Translations

Verb

recruit (third-person singular simple present recruits, present participle recruiting, simple past and past participle recruited)

1. To enroll or enlist new members or potential employees on behalf of an employer, organization, sports team, the military, etc.

   We need to recruit more admin staff to deal with the massive surge in popularity of our products

2. To supply with new men, as an army; to fill up or make up by enlistment; also, to muster

3. (archaic) To replenish, renew, or reinvigorate by fresh supplies; to remedy a lack or deficiency in.
   • 1726, George Granville, 1st Baron Lansdowne, Phyllis Drinking

     Her cheeks glow the brighter, recruiting their colour.
4. (biology, intransitive) To become an adult or breeding-age member of a population.
5. (biochemistry) To prompt a protein, leucocyte. etc. to intervene in a given region of the body.
6. (dated, intransitive) To recuperate; to gain health, flesh, spirits, or the like.

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Anagrams

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