mend : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: mend	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for mend
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
mend n sewing that repairs a worn or torn hole (especially in a garment); "her stockings had several mends" Synonym(s): mend, patch, darn the act of putting something in working order again Synonym(s): repair, fix, fixing, fixture, mend, mending, reparation v restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken; "She repaired her TV set"; "Repair my shoes please" Synonym(s): repair, mend, fix, bushel, doctor, furbish up, restore, touch on Antonym(s): break, bust heal or recover; "My broken leg is mending" Synonym(s): mend, heal
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Mend \Mend\, v. i. To grow better; to advance to a better state; to become improved. --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Mend \Mend\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Mended}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Mending}.] [Abbrev. fr. amend. See {Amend}.] 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.