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mendsverbpresent tense third-person singular of mend to put into good shape or working order againthat shirt will be as good as new when I'm finished mending it doctors, fixes, patches, reconditions, renovates, repairs, revamps fixes up, furbishes, overhauls, rebuilds, reconstructs, refurbishesaids, cures, heals, helpsconditions, prepares, readiescares (for), maintains, servicesfreshens, refreshens, refreshes, regenerates, rejuvenates, renews, restores, revitalizes, revivesadjusts, corrects, modifies, rectifies, redresses, reforms, rightsameliorates, betters, enhances, enriches, improves, meliorates blemishes, breaks, damages, defaces, disfigures, flaws, harms, hurts, impairs, injures, mars, ruins, spoils, vandalizes, wreckscripples, disables, maims, mangles, mutilates to become healthy and strong again after illness or weaknessshe's mending after a particularly nasty bout of the flu comes back, convalesces, gains, heals, pulls round(chiefly British), rallies, recoups, recovers, recuperates, snaps back comes around, comes round, comes to, improves, picks up, revivescheers (up), perks (up)pulls through, survivesrecruits ails, collapses, comes down, sickensdeclines, degenerates, deteriorates, fades, fails, languishes, sinks, wastes (away), weakens, wilts, withers, worsensregresses, relapses to restore to a healthy conditionmended the broken plant so that it was soon thriving again cures, fixes, heals, rehabilitates, rehabs, sets up attends (to), cares (for), doctors, medicates, ministers (to), nurses, physics, treatsfortifies, rejuvenates, renews, resuscitates, revitalizes, revivesalleviates, relieves, remedies, repairs cripples, damages, disables, harms, hurts, impairs, injures, lacerates, lames, maims, mangles, mutilates, woundsafflicts, ails, debilitates, enervates, enfeebles, lays up, saps, sickens, wastes, weakens 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 atones (for), expiates, redeems compensates, recompenses, reimburses, remunerates, repaysamends, corrects, rectifies, redressespropitiates makes amends for, makes 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 amends, reforms, shapes up, straightens (up or out) behaves, regeneratesbetters, improves cleans up one's act backslides, regresses to bring about recovery fromthe old adage that only time can mend a broken heart cures, heals, remedies allays, alleviates, assuages, relievespalliates, salves, sootheseases, lightens, moderates, tempersdoctors, nursesmedicates, treatsdiagnoses aggravates, worsensmisdiagnoses, overdiagnoses, underdiagnoses |