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Meanings of mend in English

Portuguese
reparação
Catalan
adobament
Spanish
enmienda
Wikidata

The act of putting something in working order again.

      reparação
      Portuguese
      reparar
      Catalan
      atendre
      Spanish
      atender

      Restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken.

          reparar
          Portuguese
          melhorar
          Catalan
          sanar
          Spanish
          sanear

          Heal or recover, e.g. by forming a scar.

                melhorar

                Sewing that repairs a worn or torn hole (especially in a garment)

                      Usage of mend in English
                      1
                      Upbeat company news reinforced the sense of an economy on the mend.
                      Reuters
                      2
                      That's a good sign the larger U.S. economy is on the mend.
                      Reuters
                      3
                      A make-do-and-mend attitude is needed if Ireland are to overcome top opposition.
                      The Irish Times
                      4
                      Time passes; and at last the tiler arrives to mend the mischief.
                      The Open Air
                      5
                      Look in the wardrobe and think make-do-and-mend, no need for new stuff.
                      The Guardian
                      6
                      That wasn't the way to win friends or mend marriages, Hannah thought.
                      Mom over miami
                      7
                      Unfortunately, there was nothing she could take to mend her broken heart.
                      Day by day
                      8
                      It may represent the time stream's way of attempting to mend itself.
                      Star trek movie tie-in
                      9
                      Perhaps he was merely drained, and had come here to mend himself.
                      Wizardborn
                      10
                      Take the true side once in your life, and mend past mistakes.
                      The World's Greatest Books — Volume 07 — Fiction
                      11
                      We may mend our ways; but that does not touch the past.
                      Expositions of Holy Scripture: St. Luke
                      12
                      I can mend fishing-nets, and I can help Dicky in the garden.
                      The Obstacle Race
                      13
                      Even if there is a hole in it I could mend it.
                      A Bicycle of Cathay
                      14
                      There's no simple syrup one can drink to mend a broken heart.
                      Ebony
                      15
                      She would mend it, sitting where you are now in the chimney-corner.
                      The Doctor's Dilemma
                      16
                      Than it nothing could be worse; therefore things must begin to mend.
                      The Road
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                      Mend through the time
                      Mend across language varieties
                      United Kingdom
                      Common
                      United States of America
                      Less common
                      Ireland
                      Less common