mend
part of speech
verb (mend, mends, mended, mending); noun (a mend, mends)
meaning for a pupil
1) To repair something that is broken, torn or not working. tree →
2) To get better after an illness or injury; to heal. tree →
3) To make a situation or friendship better: «mend a friendship». tree →
4) (noun) A place where something has been repaired. tree →
sense in the lessons
In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: In the Chronicles it refers to repairing the Temple. The workers did honest work on God's house. Interpretation: Repairing the Temple is read as a sacred duty and a model of caring for holy places. In the primary lessons: In everyday life: mend a torn shirt, a puncture or a broken toy. In health, bones mend after a break. In friendship lessons, «mend fences» or make up after a quarrel. Phrases: «on the mend», «mend your ways», «mend a friendship».
examples
- And they delivered it into the hand of the workmen that had the oversight of the house of the LORD; and the workmen that wrought in the house of the LORD gave it to mend and repair the house; (Writings 2CH.34.10, JPS 1917) tree →
- Grandma mended the hole in my sock. tree →
- Dad mended my bike tyre. tree →
- My broken arm is mending well. tree →
- She's on the mend after the flu. tree →
- They said sorry to mend their friendship. tree →
- Can you mend this toy? tree →
- You can see the mend in the old jumper. tree →
- Those who would mend others, should first mend themselves. tree →
note
Past: mended. Same meaning as «repair» and «fix»; «mend» is more common in the UK for clothes. «On the mend» = getting better. «Mend your ways» = start behaving better.
In the corpora
- Mending it will take half the day.
- There they find Taffy making daisy-chains and Tegumai happily spearing small carp with his mended spear.
- Broken gear causes injuries, so it is not used until it is mended or replaced.
- Trust is like a glass vase: quick to break and slow to mend.
- Trust is like a glass vase: quick to break and slow to mend.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «mend» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.