mend

«mend» in Mova's school dictionary: broken, torn or not working — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

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 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

• 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.