to mend
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1.2
- verb
- /mɛnd/
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reparar
- Binder selected two or three books whose leaves could be used to mend other books.
I'm not sure I can mend this situation.
- I'm not sure I can mend this situation.
- I worked at CNA and my job was to mend the magazine counter.
- So rather than try and break things, try and mend them.
- When did you realize, when did you realize you needed to take on a different role and start to mend that relationship?
- When you amend your soil and you mend it with compost, you might have things like clay in the native soil.
- To fill in the losses, to mend the tear, to retouch the image, Well, that would defy the painting's history.
- Said easier to mend for now.
- But please know, dearest friends, who are always there to mend, I will always need your hand.
- It's going to amend the Ledger on my side negative and hopefully mend Alpha's positive.
- Many people tend to lean in, try and fix, solve, mend, explain, clean up messes.
- They, they have a hope to mend an I'll game by causing a new shuffle, by stirring things off right?
Examples
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I accidentally tore my shirt, but I can mend it with some needle and thread.
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It's a gray, foggy day and I'm eating s'mores with Signe and mending a quilt cover.
Fiction book (1995) -
I had to help mend it.
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I mend my own things.
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I'm not sure I can mend this situation.
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No, it's broken, but Mosca's trying to mend it.
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I found some black electrical tape in a drawer and mended the holes.
Fiction book (1990) -
The Soviet Union's collapse has given Hanoi no choice but to mend its ties with Beijing.
Academic text (2000) -
But Ozal's reforms were not broad enough to mend the enormous dislocations and inequalities in society.
Academic text (2000) -
The next morning, they stayed in camp, mending clothes, sewing broken harnesses, and trimming hooves on mules and horses.
Fiction book (1994)
Synonyms
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1.0
To repair something so it works again
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1.0
To fix something that is broken or not working
151
2.5
To repair a hole or damaged area by adding a piece of material
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3.7
Fasten something again after it comes loose
20
3.4
Mend a hole or tear by putting a piece of material over it
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5.4
To fix something so it works well again
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4.1
To sew a seam again to fix it when it comes apart
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4.8
To fix something that is torn or broken
To fix something again after an earlier repair
To make something old look new by fixing or cleaning it
To repair cloth by weaving new threads into damaged areas
Join metal parts again by heating them until they melt
Attach something again after it comes loose or is removed
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Etymology
Mend comes from the old English verb mendan, which meant 'to make whole' or 'fix'. It is the same root as amend, so to mend something is to repair it until it is whole again.