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mend  audio  (mnd) KEY 

VERB:
mend·ed, mend·ing, mends
VERB:
tr.
  1. To make repairs or restoration to; fix.
  2. To reform or correct: mend one's ways.
VERB:
intr.
    1. To improve in health or condition: The patient is mending well.
    2. To heal: The bone mended in a month.
  2. To make repairs or corrections.
NOUN:
  1. The act of mending: did a neat mend on the sock.
  2. A mended place: You can't tell where the mend is.

IDIOMS:
mend fences
To improve poor relations, especially in politics: "Whatever thoughts he may have entertained about mending some fences with [them] were banished" (Conor Cruise O'Brien).
on the mend
Improving, especially in health.
ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English menden, short for amenden, to amend ; see amend

OTHER FORMS:
menda·ble(Adjective), mender(Noun)


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