Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - mend
Mend
mend
v. & n. --v. 1 tr. restore to a sound condition; repair (a broken article, a damaged road, torn clothes, etc.). 2 intr. regain health. 3 tr. improve (mend matters). 4 tr. add fuel to (a fire). --n. a darn or repair in material etc. (a mend in my shirt). Phrases and idioms mend one's fences make peace with a person. mend one's manners improve one's behaviour. mend or end improve or abolish. mend one's pace go faster; alter one's pace to another's. mend one's ways reform, improve one's habits. on the mend improving in health or condition. Derivatives mendable adj. mender n. Etymology: ME f. AF mender f. amender AMEND
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I. verb see: a~ Date: 13th century transitive verb to free from faults or defects: as, to improve in manners or morals ; reform, to set right ; correct, to put into good shape or working order again ; patch up ; repair, to improve or strengthen (as a relationship) by negotiation or conciliation, to restore to health ; cure, to make a~s or atonement for , intransitive verb to improve morally ; reform, to become corrected or improved, to improve in health, ~able adjective ~er noun Synonyms: see: ~ II. noun Date: 14th century an act of ~ing ; repair, a ~ed place ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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