mendverb [ T ]
uk/mend/us/mend/B1 to repair something that is broken or damaged:
Could you mend this hole in my shirt?
UK I've left my watch at the jeweller's to be mended.
UK The plumber came to mend the burst pipe.
The country's president is seeking to mend relations with the United States.
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- A man's coming to mend the boiler this afternoon.
- I thought I could mend the radio myself, but I've had to admit defeat.
- Never try to mend a broken machine without disconnecting it from the electricity supply.
- He wants me to mend his shirt for him, but I'm not going to!
- He can mend anything - he's so good with his hands.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Correcting and mending
- clean (sth) up
- correction
- fiddle (around) with sth
- fine-tune
- fix sth up
- lie
- mess
- patch
- refine
- refinement
- refit
- remediate
- remediation
- revised
- smooth
- troubleshooting
- tune
- tune (sth) up
- under repair idiom
- work on sth
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Idiom(s)
mend your fences
mend your ways
mendnoun [ C ]
uk/mend/us/mend/UK a place in a piece of clothing where a repair has been made
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Correcting and mending
- clean (sth) up
- correction
- fiddle (around) with sth
- fine-tune
- fix sth up
- lie
- mess
- patch
- refine
- refinement
- refit
- remediate
- remediation
- revised
- smooth
- troubleshooting
- tune
- tune (sth) up
- under repair idiom
- work on sth
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You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics:
Knitting & sewing
Idiom(s)
be on the mend