mend

1. 1.

   restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken

   “She repaired her TV set”

   “Repair my shoes please”

   Synonymsrepairfixbusheldoctorfurbish uprestoretouch on

   Broaderbetter

   Narrowertinkerfillpiececobblepointtrouble-shootpatchsolevampheel
2. 2.

   heal or recover

   “My broken leg is mending”

   Synonymsheal

   Broaderbetter

Other forms of mend

plural

mends·

past tense

mended·

present participle

mending·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about mend

What does mend mean?

mend means "sewing that repairs a worn or torn hole (especially in a garment)". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in mend?

mend has 1 syllable: mend. In IPA it is /ˈmɛnd/.

What is another word for mend?

Close synonyms include patch, darn, repair, fix, fixing. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is mend a common word?

mend is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with mend?

3 words rhyme with mend. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.