mend
verb
[ mɛnd ]
• repair (something that is broken or damaged).
• "workmen were mending faulty cabling"
Similar:
repair,
fix,
put back together,
piece together,
patch up,
restore,
sew (up),
stitch,
darn,
patch,
cobble,
botch,
vamp (up),
rehabilitate,
renew,
renovate,
redevelop,
overhaul,
recondition,
rebuild,
refurbish,
make whole,
make well,
cure,
heal,
fettle,
spetch,
ranter,
clout,
tinker,
beet,
• add fuel to (a fire).
• "he mended the fire and turned the meat on the greenwood racks"
mend
noun
• a repair in a material.
• "the mend was barely visible"
Origin:
Middle English: shortening of amend.
