mend

Everyday

1. To repair something that is broken, torn or not working. tree →
2. To get better after an illness or injury; to heal. tree →
3. To make a situation or friendship better: «mend a friendship». tree →
4. (noun) A place where something has been repaired. tree →

In the lessons

In everyday life: mend a torn shirt, a puncture or a broken toy. In health, bones mend after a break. In friendship lessons, «mend fences» or make up after a quarrel. Phrases: «on the mend», «mend your ways», «mend a friendship».

Examples

• Grandma mended the hole in my sock. tree →
• Dad mended my bike tyre. tree →
• My broken arm is mending well. tree →
• She's on the mend after the flu. tree →
• They said sorry to mend their friendship. tree →
• Can you mend this toy? tree →
• You can see the mend in the old jumper. tree →
• Those who would mend others, should first mend themselves. tree →

Note

Past: mended. Same meaning as «repair» and «fix»; «mend» is more common in the UK for clothes. «On the mend» = getting better. «Mend your ways» = start behaving better.

In Jewish tradition

In the Chronicles it refers to repairing the Temple. The workers did honest work on God's house.

Interpretation. Repairing the Temple is read as a sacred duty and a model of caring for holy places.

Examples

• And they delivered it into the hand of the workmen that had the oversight of the house of the LORD; and the workmen that wrought in the house of the LORD gave it to mend and repair the house; (Writings 2CH.34.10, JPS 1917) tree →

Note

Past: mended. Same meaning as «repair» and «fix»; «mend» is more common in the UK for clothes. «On the mend» = getting better. «Mend your ways» = start behaving better.