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mend M0214400 (mĕnd)v. mend·ed, mend·ing, mends v.tr.1. To make repairs or restoration to; fix.2. To reform or correct: mend one's ways.v.intr.1. a. To improve in health or condition: The patient is mending well.b. To heal: The bone mended in a month.2. To make repairs or corrections.n.1. The act of mending: did a neat mend on the sock.2. A mended place: You can't tell where the mend is.Idioms: mend fences To improve poor relations, especially in politics: "Whatever thoughts he may have entertained about mending some fences with [them] were banished" (Conor Cruise O'Brien). on the mend Improving, especially in health.
[Middle English menden, short for amenden, to amend; see amend.]
mend′a·ble adj.mend′er n.IdiomsSeemendMENDS
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