mend

mend is a 4-letter English word with 8 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To repair, as anything that is torn, broken, defaced, decayed, or the like; to restore from partial decay, injury, or defacement; to patch up; to put in shape or order again; to re-create; as, to mend a garment or a machine. Face value is 7 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

4 letters · Scrabble 7 · Words With Friends 9 · 8 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. To repair, as anything that is torn, broken, defaced, decayed, or the like; to restore from partial decay, injury, or defacement; to patch up; to put in shape or order again; to re-create; as, to mend a garment or a machine.
2. transitive verb. To alter for the better; to set right; to reform; hence, to quicken; as, to mend one's manners or pace.
3. transitive verb. To help, to advance, to further; to add to.
4. intransitive verb. To grow better; to advance to a better state; to become improved.
5. noun. the act of putting something in working order again

   Synonyms: fix, fixing, fixture, mending, repair, reparation

6. noun. sewing that repairs a worn or torn hole (especially in a garment)

   "her stockings had several mends"

   Synonyms: darn, patch

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

   "She repaired her TV set"

   "Repair my shoes please"

   Synonyms: bushel, doctor, fix, repair, restore

8. verb. heal or recover

   "My broken leg is mending"

   Synonyms: heal

Synonyms

fix, fixing, fixture, mending, repair, reparation, darn, patch, bushel, doctor, restore, heal

Common word forms

mends, mended, mender, mending, mendable, mendment

Words from these letters

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