mend

/mend/ v [T] (REPAIR)

Definition

› to repair cloth that is torn or something that is damaged: Could you mend this hole in my shirt? The country is seeking to mend relations with the US.

(Definition of mend v (REPAIR) from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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men's room n
menace n
menagerie n
mend v BECOME WELL
mend v REPAIR
mend your ways idiom
menial adj
meningitis n
meniscus n
menopause n

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