mend
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Standard vocabulary
Used frequently in everyday conversation
Simple pronunciation
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1. A place, as in clothing, which has been repaired by mending.
2. The act of repairing.
"My trousers have a big rip in them and need a mend."
1. To repair, as anything that is torn, broken, defaced, decayed, or the like; to restore from partial decay, injury, or defacement.
"My trousers have a big rip in them and need mending."
2. To alter for the better; to set right; to reform; hence, to quicken; as, to mend one's manners or pace.
"Her stutter was mended by a speech therapist."
3. To help, to advance, to further; to add to.
4. To grow better; to advance to a better state; to become improved.
Source: en.wiktionary.org
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