mend: Meaning and Definition of

mend

1. to make (something broken, worn, torn, or otherwise damaged) whole, sound, or usable by repairing: to mend old clothes; to mend a broken toy.
2. to remove or correct defects or errors in.
3. to set right; make better; improve: to mend matters.

1. to progress toward recovery, as a sick person.
2. (of broken bones) to grow back together; knit.
3. to improve, as conditions or affairs.
4. to refurl sails that have been badly furled.

1. the act of mending; repair or improvement.
2. a mended place.
3. The breach between father and son is on the mend.
1. recovering from an illness.
2. improving in general, as a state of affairs:The breach between father and son is on the mend.