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.

MEND definition: 1. to repair something that is broken or damaged: 2. a place in a piece of clothing where a repair…. Learn more.

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1. mend one's fences, to strengthen or reestablish one's position by conciliation or negotiation. 2. on the mend, improving, esp. in health.

To get better; improve, esp. in health. To reform or correct. Mend one's ways. To make better; improve; reform; set right. To mend one's manners. To grow together again or heal, as a fracture. The act of …

Mend, darn, patch mean to repair something and thus renew its usefulness. Mend is a general expression that emphasizes the idea of making whole something damaged: to mend a broken dish, a …

To repair, as something broken, defaced, deranged, or worn; make whole or fit for use; restore to a sound or serviceable condition: as, to mend shoes or clothes, a wall or a road.

Nov 13, 2025 · In some areas, mend may be more rarely used or seen as more old-fashioned than fix or repair, or it may be more commonly used for repairing textiles than for other items.

If you mend something that is broken or not working, you repair it, so that it works properly or can be used. They took a long time to mend the roof. [VERB noun] Somebody else lent me a pump and …

If you are on the mend, your health is improving after an illness. (Definition of mend from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)