Meaning of mend in English | Powered by Free Dictionary API

noun

• A place, as in clothing, which has been repaired by mending.

• The act of repairing.

  Example: My trousers have a big rip in them and need a mend.

verb

• To repair, as anything that is torn, broken, defaced, decayed, or the like; to restore from partial decay, injury, or defacement.

  Example: My trousers have a big rip in them and need mending.

• To alter for the better; to set right; to reform; hence, to quicken; as, to mend one's manners or pace.

  Example: Her stutter was mended by a speech therapist.

• To help, to advance, to further; to add to.

• To grow better; to advance to a better state; to become improved.