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# 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mend/#m1)

2) To get better after an illness or injury; to heal. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mend/#m2)

3) To make a situation or friendship better: «mend a friendship». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mend/#m3)

4) (noun) A place where something has been repaired. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mend/#m4)

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mend/#x1)
- Dad mended my bike tyre. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mend/#x2)
- My broken arm is mending well. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mend/#x3)
- She's on the mend after the flu. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mend/#x4)
- They said sorry to mend their friendship. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mend/#x5)
- Can you mend this toy? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mend/#x6)
- You can see the mend in the old jumper. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mend/#x7)
- Those who would mend others, should first mend themselves. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mend/#x8)

### 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.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/84-justso-first-letter-1-a-broken-spear/4/)
- [There they find Taffy making daisy-chains and Tegumai happily spearing small carp with his mended spear.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/85-justso-first-letter-2-the-whole-tribe-comes/9/)
- [Broken gear causes injuries, so it is not used until it is mended or replaced.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/252-heat-equipment-and-mosquitoes/12/)
- [Trust is like a glass vase: quick to break and slow to mend.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/286-being-trusted-and-things-you-find/0/)
- [Trust is like a glass vase: quick to break and slow to mend.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/315-dares-surprises-and-being-trusted/4/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «mend» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mend/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.