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mendverb to put into good shape or working order againthat shirt will be as good as new when I'm finished mending it doctor, fix, patch, recondition, renovate, repair, revamp fix up, furbish, overhaul, rebuild, reconstruct, refurbishaid, cure, heal, helpcondition, prepare, readycare (for), maintain, servicefreshen, refresh, refreshen, regenerate, rejuvenate, renew, restore, revitalize, reviveadjust, correct, modify, rectify, redress, reform, rightameliorate, better, enhance, enrich, improve, meliorate blemish, break, damage, deface, disfigure, flaw, harm, hurt, impair, injure, mar, ruin, spoil, vandalize, wreckcripple, disable, maim, mangle, mutilate to become healthy and strong again after illness or weaknessshe's mending after a particularly nasty bout of the flu come back, convalesce, gain, heal, pull round(chiefly British), rally, recoup, recover, recuperate, snap back come around, come round, come to, improve, pick up, revivecheer (up), perk (up)pull through, surviverecruit ail, collapse, come down, sickendecline, degenerate, deteriorate, fade, fail, languish, sink, waste (away), weaken, wilt, wither, worsenregress, relapse to restore to a healthy conditionmended the broken plant so that it was soon thriving again cure, fix, heal, rehab, rehabilitate, set up attend (to), care (for), doctor, medicate, minister (to), nurse, physic, treatfortify, rejuvenate, renew, resuscitate, revitalize, revivealleviate, relieve, remedy, repair cripple, damage, disable, harm, hurt, impair, injure, lacerate, lame, maim, mangle, mutilate, woundafflict, ail, debilitate, enervate, enfeeble, lay up, sap, sicken, waste, weaken to make up for (an offense)the proverb "least said, soonest mended" should be heeded by anyone tempted to angrily blurt out things they really don't mean atone (for), expiate, redeem compensate, recompense, reimburse, remunerate, repayamend, correct, rectify, redresspropitiate make amends for, make good for to change one's behavior or character for the bettereveryone's written her off as a liar and a thief, but I say it's never too late to mend amend, reform, shape up, straighten (up or out) behave, regeneratebetter, improve clean up one's act backslide, regress to bring about recovery fromthe old adage that only time can mend a broken heart cure, heal, remedy allay, alleviate, assuage, relievepalliate, salve, sootheease, lighten, moderate, temperdoctor, nursemedicate, treatdiagnose aggravate, worsenmisdiagnose, overdiagnose, underdiagnose mend, repair, patch, rebuild mean to put into good order something that is injured, damaged, or defective.mend implies making whole or sound something broken, torn, or injured.mended the torn dress repair applies to the fixing of more extensive damage or dilapidation.repaired the back steps patch implies an often temporary fixing of a hole or break with new material.patch worn jeans rebuild suggests making like new without completely replacing.a rebuilt automobile engine in the 13th century |