[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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
see also:
on the mend 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

mend \mend\ me^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 defacement; to patch up; to put in shape or
      order again; to re-create; as, to mend a garment or a
      machine.
      1913 webster

   2. to alter for the better; to set right; to reform; hence,
      to quicken; as, to mend one's manners or pace.
      1913 webster

            the best service they could do the state was to mend
            the lives of the persons who composed it. --sir w.
                                                  temple.
      1913 webster

   3. to help, to advance, to further; to add to.
      1913 webster

            though in some lands the grass is but short, yet it
            mends garden herbs and fruit.         --mortimer.
      1913 webster

            you mend the jewel by the wearing it. --shak.
      1913 webster

   syn: to improve; help; better; emend; amend; correct;
        rectify; reform.
        1913 webster
see also:
mended mending amend 

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

mend
     n 1: sewing or darning that repairs a worn or torn hole
          especially in a garment; "her stockings had several
          mends" syn: patch, darn
     2: the act of putting something in working order again syn: repair,
         fix, fixing, fixture, mending, reparation
     v 1: restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn
          or broken; "she repaired her tv set"; "repair my shoes
          please" syn: repair, fix, bushel, doctor, furbish
          up, restore, touch on ant: break
     2: heal or recover; "my broken leg is mending" syn: heal
see also:
patch darn repair fix fixing fixture 
mending reparation bushel doctor furbish up 
restore touch on break heal 

[4] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

142 moby thesaurus words for "mend":
   great leap forward, acculturate, advance, advancement, ameliorate,
   amelioration, amend, amendment, ascent, better, bettering,
   betterment, boost, bring forward, civilize, cobble, come along,
   come on, commission, condition, convalesce, convalescent,
   convalescing, correct, darn, develop, do up, doctor, edify,
   educate, elevate, emend, enhance, enhancement, enlighten, enrich,
   enrichment, eugenics, euthenics, fatten, favor, fix, fix up,
   forward, foster, furtherance, gain, gain ground, get ahead,
   get along, get better, get well, go ahead, go forward, go straight,
   graduate, grow better, headway, heal, improve, improve upon,
   improvement, improving, lard, lift, look up, make an improvement,
   make headway, make progress, make strides, meliorate, melioration,
   mending, nurture, on the mend, overhaul, patch, patch up, perk up,
   pick up, pickup, preferment, progress, progression, promote,
   promotion, put in commission, put in order, put in repair,
   put in shape, put right, raise, ready, rebuild, recap, recondition,
   reconstruct, recover, recovering, recovery, rectify, recuperate,
   redress, refine upon, reform, refurbish, rehabilitate, rejuvenate,
   remedy, renew, renovate, repair, restoration, restore, retread,
   revamp, revise, revival, right, rise, service, set right,
   set to rights, sew up, shape up, show improvement, skyrocket,
   socialize, straighten out, take off, tinker, tinker up,
   transfigure, transform, upbeat, upgrade, uplift, upping, upswing,
   uptrend, upward mobility, vamp

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