1) ремонтировать; исправлять 2) совершенствовать, улучшать 3) штопать (трикотажное полотно)
1. имя существительное 1) починка Синоним(ы): repair 2) заштопанная прореха, заделанная трещина 3) улучшение Например: to be on the mend — идти на поправку, улучшаться 2. глагол 1) чинить, ремонтировать Синоним(ы): repair, treat 2) а) улучшаться; поправляться (о здоровье) б) улучшать Например: It is never too late to mend. [пословица] — Исправиться никогда не поздно. That won't mend matters. — Это делу не поможет. to mend a fire — поддерживать или разводить огонь
I. verb Etymology: Middle English, short for amenden — more at amend transitive verb 1. to free from faults or defects: as a. to improve in manners or morals; reform b. to set right; correct c. to put into good shape or working order again; patch up; repair d. to improve or strengthen (as a relationship) by negotiation or conciliation — used chiefly in the phrase mend fences Example: spends the weekend mending political fences — E. O. Hauser e. to restore to health; cure 2. to make amends or atonement for Example: least said, soonest mended intransitive verb 1. to improve morally; reform 2. to become corrected or improved 3. to improve in health; also heal • mendable adjective • mender noun Synonyms: mend, repair, patch, rebuild mean to put into good order something that has been injured, damaged, or defective. mend implies making whole or sound something broken, torn, or injured Example: mended the torn dress. repair applies to the fixing of more extensive damage or dilapidation Example: repaired the back steps. patch implies an often temporary fixing of a hole or break with new material Example: patch worn jeans. rebuild suggests making like new without completely replacing Example: a rebuilt automobile engine. II. noun 1. an act of mending; repair 2. a mended place