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Mend
/mɛnd/
A place, as in clothing, which has been repaired by mending.
📖 Definitions of "Mend"
noun
- 1
A place, as in clothing, which has been repaired by mending.
- 2
The act of repairing.
"My trousers have a big rip in them and need a mend."
verb
- 1
To repair, as anything that is torn, broken, defaced, decayed, or the like; to restore from partial decay, injury, or defacement.
"My trousers have a big rip in them and need mending."
- 2
To alter for the better; to set right; to reform; hence, to quicken; as, to mend one's manners or pace.
"Her stutter was mended by a speech therapist."
- 3
To help, to advance, to further; to add to.
- 4
To grow better; to advance to a better state; to become improved.
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