mend

mend
1. n заштопанная дырка, заделанная трещина

the mends were almost invisible — починенные места были почти незаметны, штопка была почти не видна

2. n улучшение

to be on the mend — идти на лад, идти на поправку, улучшаться

3. v чинить, штопать; латать; исправлять; ремонтировать

to mend shoes — чинить ботинки

my socks need mending — носки нужно заштопать

to mend invisibly — производить художественный ремонт, делать художественную штопку

to mend the meshes of a net — чинить сети

4. v улучшаться; поправляться

my health is mending — моё здоровье улучшается

5. v улучшить, исправить

to mend the matter, to mend matters — помочь делу

it does not mend matters to cry, crying will not mend matters — слезами делу не поможешь

it is never too late to mend — исправиться никогда не поздно

mend ways — исправляться; исправиться

Синонимический ряд:
1. fix (noun) amelioration; amendment; correction; doctor; fix; overhaul; rectification; repair; restoration
2. doctor (verb) darn; do up; doctor; fix; overhaul; patch; rebuild; recondition; reconstruct; renew; repair; restore; retouch; revamp; right; sew; vamp
3. improve (verb) ameliorate; amend; become better; come around; convalesce; correct; emend; gain; heal; improve; look up; make better; meliorate; perk up; rally; recover; rectify; recuperate; reform; remedy; set right
Антонимический ряд:
corrupt; damage; deface; deform; despoil; destroy; deteriorate; die; disfigure; fade; falsify; hurt; impair; rip

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  • mend — [mend] noun on the mend improving again after being weak: • The economy is now on the mend. * * * Ⅰ. mend UK US /mend/ verb [T] ► UK to repair something that is broken or not working: »They re sending someone round to mend the photocopier …   Financial and business terms

  • mend — vb Mend, repair, patch, rebuild are comparable when they mean to put into good or fitting order something that is injured, damaged, or defective. Mend basically implies a freeing from faults or defects {mend your manners} {the wound mended… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • mend — [mend] vt. [ME menden, aphetic < amenden,AMEND] 1. to repair (something broken, torn, or worn); restore to good condition; make whole; fix 2. to make better; improve; reform; set right [to mend one s manners] 3. to atone for; make amends for:… …   English World dictionary

  • Mend — (m[e^]nd), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Mended}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Mending}.] [Abbrev. fr. amend. See {Amend}.] [1913 Webster] 1. To repair, as anything that is torn, broken, defaced, decayed, or the like; to restore from partial decay, injury, or… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • mend — ► VERB 1) restore to the correct or working condition. 2) improve. ► NOUN ▪ a repair in a material. ● mend (one s) fences Cf. ↑mend one s fences ● on the mend …   English terms dictionary

  • mend — [mend] verb [T] British I to repair something that is broken or damaged Have you mended the gate?[/ex] II noun mend [mend] be on the mend to be getting better after an illness[/ex] …   Dictionary for writing and speaking English

  • Mend — Mend, v. i. To grow better; to advance to a better state; to become improved; to recover; to heal. Shak. [1913 Webster +PJC] {on the mend} pred. a. recovering from an illness or injury. [PJC] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • MEND — bezeichnet: eine nigerianische Rebellengruppe, siehe Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta eine palästinensische Nicht Regierungs Organisation, siehe Middle East Nonviolence and Democracy Diese Seite ist eine Begriffsklärun …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • mend — index ameliorate, amend, cure, develop, emend, fix (repair), meliorate, progress …   Law dictionary

  • mend — n. reform; repair; act of repairing; state of healing or improvement v. repair; improve; be improved; recuperate (from an illness) …   English contemporary dictionary

  • mend — [v] correct, improve, fix aid, ameliorate, amend, better, condition, convalesce, cure, darn, doctor, emend, fiddle with, gain, get better, get well, heal, knit, look up, overhaul, patch, perk up, ready, rebuild, recondition, reconstruct, recover …   New thesaurus


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