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Mend
MEND, v.t. [L. emendo, menda, a fault, spot or blemish.]
1. To repair, as a breach; to supply a part broken or defective; as, to mend a garment, a road, a mill-dam, a fence, etc.
2. To correct; to set right; to alter for the better; as, to mend the life or manners.
3. To repair; to restore to a sound state; as, to mend a feeble or broken constitution.
4. To help; to advance; to make better.
This plausible apology does not mend the matter.
Though in some lands the grass is but short, yet it mends garden herbs and fruit.
5. To improve; to hasten.
He saw the monster mend his pace.
MEND, v.i. To grow better; to advance to a better state; to improve. We say, a feeble constitution mends daily; a sick man mends, or is convalescent.
mend appears in definitions for these words:
Amend Archbotcher Augustins Botch Botcher Bothnic Bungle Carmelin Clout Clouted Cobble Cobbler Cobbling Con Darn Darner Darning Emendable Her Irreparable Jamb Mend Mendable Mendacious Mender Mendicant Monastery Pace Patch Patched Patching Penknife Piece Pieced Rather Refine Rout Stitch Stop Tinker Windrow Wretchedness
Amend Archbotcher Augustins Botch Botcher Bothnic Bungle Carmelin Clout Clouted Cobble Cobbler Cobbling Con Darn Darner Darning Emendable Her Irreparable Jamb Mend Mendable Mendacious Mender Mendicant Monastery Pace Patch Patched Patching Penknife Piece Pieced Rather Refine Rout Stitch Stop Tinker Windrow Wretchedness
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