mend

[US]/mend/
[UK]/mend/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

vt. repair or fix; improve; modify
vi. improve or become better
n. improvement or repair; a place where something is fixed or repaired

Phrases & Collocations

mend a relationship

mend a fence

mend broken items

on the mend

mend one's fences

Example Sentences

The patient is mending well.

did a neat mend on the sock.

The patient is mending nicely.

Things will mend in time.

The fishermen are mending their nets.

workmen were mending faulty cabling.

a patch was used to mend the garment.

on the mend after a stomach operation.

The bone mended in a month.

You can't tell where the mend is.

He should mend his manners.

The mends were almost invisible.

You should mend your manners.

The torn page is mended with tape.

He was anxious to mend the rift between the two men.

quarrels could be mended by talking.

We let the mending accumulate until Wednesday.

Ask your old man if he can mend it.

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