Mend

Noun

 * 1) A place, as in clothing, which has been repaired by mending.
 * 2) The act of mending.

Derived terms

 * on the mend

Verb

 * 1) To repair, as anything that is torn, broken, defaced, decayed, or the like; to restore from partial decay, injury, or defacement; to patch up; to put in shape or order again; to re-create; as, to mend a garment or a machine.
 * 2) To alter for the better; to set right; to reform; hence, to quicken; as, to mend one's manners or pace.
 * 3) To help, to advance, to further; to add to.
 * 4) To grow better; to advance to a better state; to become improved.

Synonyms

 * See also Thesaurus:repair

Adverbs for Mend
appreciably; exquisitely; deftly; dexterously; cleverly; artfully; radically; expertly; artistically.

Thesaurus
Great Leap Forward, acculturate, advance, advancement, ameliorate, amelioration, amend, amendment, ascent, better, bettering, betterment, boost, bring forward, civilize, cobble, come along, come on, commission, condition, convalesce, convalescent, convalescing, correct, darn, develop, do up, doctor, edify, educate, elevate, emend, enhance, enhancement, enlighten, enrich, enrichment, eugenics, euthenics, fatten, favor, fix, fix up, forward, foster, furtherance, gain, gain ground, get ahead, get along, get better, get well, go ahead, go forward, go straight, graduate, grow better, headway, heal, improve, improve upon, improvement, improving, lard, lift, look up, make an improvement, make headway, make progress, make strides, meliorate, melioration, mending, nurture, on the mend, overhaul, patch, patch up, perk up, pick up, pickup, preferment, progress, progression, promote, promotion, put in commission, put in order, put in repair, put in shape, put right, raise, ready, rebuild, recap, recondition, reconstruct, recover, recovering, recovery, rectify, recuperate, redress, refine upon, reform, refurbish, rehabilitate, rejuvenate, remedy, renew, renovate, repair, restoration, restore, retread, revamp, revise, revival, right, rise, service, set right, set to rights, sew up, shape up, show improvement, skyrocket, socialize, straighten out, take off, tinker, tinker up, transfigure, transform, upbeat, upgrade, uplift, upping, upswing, uptrend, upward mobility, vamp

Etymology
From menden:, by apheresis for amenden:; see amend:.

Noun

 * Portuguese:


 * Russian: зашитая дырка


 * Portuguese: ,


 * Russian: починка

Verb

 * Arabic: أصلح
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 修補, 修补, 修改, 修理
 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish:, , ,
 * French:
 * German: ,
 * Greek:
 * Hindi: ठीक करना
 * Hungarian:
 * Irish:


 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 直す, 修理
 * Korean: 수리
 * Persian: درست کردن
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romanian: ,
 * Russian:, исправить , чинить , починить
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Turkish: ,
 * Urdu: ٹھیک کرنا


 * Portuguese:


 * Russian: зашивать, заштопывать


 * Dutch: ,


 * Finnish:


 * Finnish:


 * Finnish:
 * Portuguese:


 * Russian: улучшаться


 * : לאחות (l'ɑḥot), לתקן (l'tɑken), לשפר (l'shɑper)