v. 1 repair, fix, patch (up), rectify, correct, remedy, restore, rehabilitate; heal When will you get round to mending the roof? 2 correct, improve, better, ameliorate, reform, revise, rectify, set or put right, emend When are you going to mend your ways? 3 heal, improve, recover, convalesce, recuperate, get better: It took me a few months to mend after the accident
n. 4 repair, patch You can hardly see where the mend is 5 on the mend. recovering, recuperating, convalescing, convalescent, improving The good news is that father is on the mend after his attack