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