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Definitions for Mend

[1] to make (something broken, worn, torn, or otherwise damaged) whole, sound, or usable by repairing: to mend old clothes; to mend a broken toy.
[2] to remove or correct defects or errors in.
[3] to set right; make better; improve: to mend matters.
[4] to progress toward recovery, as a sick person.
[5] (of broken bones) to grow back together; knit.
[6] to improve, as conditions or affairs.
[7] the act of mending; repair or improvement.
[8] a mended place.
[9] mend sail , Nautical . to refurl sails that have been badly furled. Also mend the furl.
[10] on the mend , recovering from an illness. improving in general, as a state of affairs: The breach between father and son is on the mend.
[11] (tr) to repair (something broken or unserviceable)
[12] to improve or undergo improvement; reform (often in the phrase mend one's ways )
[13] (intr) to heal or recover
[14] (intr) (of conditions) to improve; become better
[15] (tr) Northern English to feed or stir (a fire)
[16] the act of repairing
[17] a mended area, esp on a garment
[18] on the mend becoming better, esp in health

Words related to Mend

sew, repair, rejuvenate, restore, heal, rectify, revamp, renew, redress, ameliorate, reconstruct, cure, rebuild, right, recuperate, renovate, ready, recover, overhaul, service

Words nearby Mend

menazon, menchú, mencius, mencken, mencken, h. l., mend, mend one's fences, mend one's ways, mendacious, mendacity, mende

Origin of Mend

1150–1200; Middle English menden, aphetic variant of amend

Other words from Mend

mend·a·ble , adjective
re·mend , verb
un·mend·a·ble , adjective
un·mend·ed , adjective
well-mend·ed , adjective

Word origin for Mend

C12: shortened from amend

Synonyms for Mend

ameliorate, cure, heal, rebuild, reconstruct, rectify, redress, rejuvenate, renew, repair, restore, revamp, sew, aid, amend, better, condition, convalesce, darn, doctor, emend, gain, knit, overhaul, patch, ready, recondition, recover, recuperate, refit, reform, refurbish, remedy, renovate, retouch, revise, right, service, fiddle with, get better, get well, look up, perk up