Mend
verb
To fix or repair something that is broken or damaged.
She mended the hole in her dress.
Often appears as...
- mend a fence
- mend a relationship
verb
To improve or get better, especially in health.
After the surgery, he began to mend quickly.
Often appears as...
- mend from illness
- mend from injury
verb
To correct or improve one's behavior.
He has mended his ways after a stern warning from the teacher.
Often appears as...
- mend your ways
- mend one's manners
Usage tips
Approving
verb
To fix or repair something that is broken or damaged.
She mended the hole in her dress.
Often appears as...
- mend a fence
- mend a relationship
verb
To improve or get better, especially in health.
After the surgery, he began to mend quickly.
Often appears as...
- mend from illness
- mend from injury
verb
To correct or improve one's behavior.
He has mended his ways after a stern warning from the teacher.
Often appears as...
- mend your ways
- mend one's manners
Usage tips
Approving
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Objects
Used for tangible items needing repair, often involves manual work.
He's in the garage mending his bike.
Pro Tip 2/3Craft and Sewing
Commonly used in crafts, sewing or textiles to describe repairing holes or tears.
Can you mend this tear in my shirt?
Pro Tip 3/3Non-Instant
Suggests a process that may take time and effort, not instantaneous.
It took me all day to mend the broken stairs.
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Objects
Used for tangible items needing repair, often involves manual work.
He's in the garage mending his bike.
Pro Tip 2/3Craft and Sewing
Commonly used in crafts, sewing or textiles to describe repairing holes or tears.
Can you mend this tear in my shirt?
Pro Tip 3/3Non-Instant
Suggests a process that may take time and effort, not instantaneous.
It took me all day to mend the broken stairs.
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Objects
Used for tangible items needing repair, often involves manual work.
He's in the garage mending his bike.
Pro Tip 2/3Craft and Sewing
Commonly used in crafts, sewing or textiles to describe repairing holes or tears.
Can you mend this tear in my shirt?
Pro Tip 3/3Non-Instant
Suggests a process that may take time and effort, not instantaneous.
It took me all day to mend the broken stairs.
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Scientific Sensation of...
caught one or two each year but they didn't value them highly their flesh wasn't particularly tasty they said and only their huge rough scales were useful excellent for rubbing down the inner tubes of bicycles before mending a puncture but of the scientists the coelacanth was a paramount interest but it seems certain that fish very like it
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Becci Manson:...
but it wasn't until I had actually gotten outside of my box that something happened. As I looked through the photos, there were some were over a hundred years old, some still in the envelope from the processing lab, I couldn't help but think as a retoucher that I could fix that tear and mend that scratch,
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Sir David Attenborough...
it turned out that the common fishermen caught one or two each year but they didn't value them highly their flesh wasn't particularly tasty they said and only their huge rough scales were useful excellent for rubbing down the inner tubes of bicycles before mending a puncture but to the
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True success - John...
think about that then she came up and said they asked me why I teach and I reply where could I find such splendid company there sits a statesman strong unbiased wise another leader Webster silver-tongued a doctor sits beside him whose quick steady hand may mend a bone
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Olympic Training During...
because everyone said you're an athlete you'll bounce back you'll be fine and from the first day i was like this this can't be like i can't bounce back from this as much as people think in february priscilla's symptoms cleared up it seemed like she was on the mend
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Samantha Power: Shaking...
and an awareness of the complexity of the world around him. I mean, such an acute awareness of how hard it was. How Sisyphean this task was of mending, and yet aware of that complexity, humbled by it, he wasn't paralyzed by it.
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Hope for the Congo PIPE ...
that's true I've seen and met people doing extraordinary things I've seen people who are mending the fabric of their lives and their their families lives in their society brick by brick stitch by stitch I've seen it I've met
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3 things I learned while...
I learned that it all changes in an instant. We have this bucket list, we have these things we want to do in life, and I thought about all the people I wanted to reach out to that I didn't, all the fences I wanted to mend,
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Shweta Narayan: It's...
COVID-19 is a clear example of our broken relationship with nature. It has also shown the deep interconnections between the health of the planet and human health. We need to urgently mend our relationship with the planet,
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Sting: How I started...
I should have known this right from the start Only hope can keep me together Love can mend your life but love can break your heart
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Scientific Sensation of...
caught one or two each year but they didn't value them highly their flesh wasn't particularly tasty they said and only their huge rough scales were useful excellent for rubbing down the inner tubes of bicycles before mending a puncture but of the scientists the coelacanth was a paramount interest but it seems certain that fish very like it
Video examples
Becci Manson:...
but it wasn't until I had actually gotten outside of my box that something happened. As I looked through the photos, there were some were over a hundred years old, some still in the envelope from the processing lab, I couldn't help but think as a retoucher that I could fix that tear and mend that scratch,
Video examples
Sir David Attenborough...
it turned out that the common fishermen caught one or two each year but they didn't value them highly their flesh wasn't particularly tasty they said and only their huge rough scales were useful excellent for rubbing down the inner tubes of bicycles before mending a puncture but to the
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True success - John...
think about that then she came up and said they asked me why I teach and I reply where could I find such splendid company there sits a statesman strong unbiased wise another leader Webster silver-tongued a doctor sits beside him whose quick steady hand may mend a bone
Video examples
Olympic Training During...
because everyone said you're an athlete you'll bounce back you'll be fine and from the first day i was like this this can't be like i can't bounce back from this as much as people think in february priscilla's symptoms cleared up it seemed like she was on the mend
Video examples
Samantha Power: Shaking...
and an awareness of the complexity of the world around him. I mean, such an acute awareness of how hard it was. How Sisyphean this task was of mending, and yet aware of that complexity, humbled by it, he wasn't paralyzed by it.
Video examples
Hope for the Congo PIPE ...
that's true I've seen and met people doing extraordinary things I've seen people who are mending the fabric of their lives and their their families lives in their society brick by brick stitch by stitch I've seen it I've met
Video examples
3 things I learned while...
I learned that it all changes in an instant. We have this bucket list, we have these things we want to do in life, and I thought about all the people I wanted to reach out to that I didn't, all the fences I wanted to mend,
Video examples
Shweta Narayan: It's...
COVID-19 is a clear example of our broken relationship with nature. It has also shown the deep interconnections between the health of the planet and human health. We need to urgently mend our relationship with the planet,
Video examples
Sting: How I started...
I should have known this right from the start Only hope can keep me together Love can mend your life but love can break your heart
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Quote examples
Clara Barton
American Public Servant
A ball had passed between my body and the right arm which supported him, cutting through the sleeve and passing through his chest from shoulder to shoulder. There was no more to be done for him and I left him to his rest. I have never mended that hole in my sleeve.
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Carl Honore
Canadian Journalist
Whether it's mending a failing company, fighting corruption, tackling disease, or rebuilding a marriage, the hardest problems defy just-add-water remedies. Indeed, slapping on a Band-Aid when surgery is needed usually just makes things worse.
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Deepika Padukone
Indian Actress
Of course! It takes a lot of strength to mend a broken heart. Channelising energies into your work helps, but also to be able to accept situations for what they are instead of questioning them helps immensely.
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Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
American Writer
A goose flies by a chart which the Royal Geographical Society could not mend.
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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
American Poet
A torn jacket is soon mended; but hard words bruise the heart of a child.
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Jane Austen
British Writer
If things are going untowardly one month, they are sure to mend the next.
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Rand Paul
American Politician
Government can supply bread, but it can't mend a broken spirit.
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Catherine the Great
Russian Royalty
I beg you take courage; the brave soul can mend even disaster.
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Seth Rollins
American Wrestler
There's always room to mend broken hearts, I suppose.
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Jewel
American Musician
Forgiveness is the needle that knows how to mend.
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Clara Barton
American Public Servant
A ball had passed between my body and the right arm which supported him, cutting through the sleeve and passing through his chest from shoulder to shoulder. There was no more to be done for him and I left him to his rest. I have never mended that hole in my sleeve.
Quote examples
Carl Honore
Canadian Journalist
Whether it's mending a failing company, fighting corruption, tackling disease, or rebuilding a marriage, the hardest problems defy just-add-water remedies. Indeed, slapping on a Band-Aid when surgery is needed usually just makes things worse.
Quote examples
Deepika Padukone
Indian Actress
Of course! It takes a lot of strength to mend a broken heart. Channelising energies into your work helps, but also to be able to accept situations for what they are instead of questioning them helps immensely.
Quote examples
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
American Writer
A goose flies by a chart which the Royal Geographical Society could not mend.
Quote examples
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
American Poet
A torn jacket is soon mended; but hard words bruise the heart of a child.
Quote examples
Jane Austen
British Writer
If things are going untowardly one month, they are sure to mend the next.
Quote examples
Rand Paul
American Politician
Government can supply bread, but it can't mend a broken spirit.
Quote examples
Catherine the Great
Russian Royalty
I beg you take courage; the brave soul can mend even disaster.
Quote examples
Seth Rollins
American Wrestler
There's always room to mend broken hearts, I suppose.
Quote examples
Jewel
American Musician
Forgiveness is the needle that knows how to mend.
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