All mend synonyms
mend
M m verb mend
- sew β to ground (a vessel) at low tide (sometimes fol by up).
- repair β to restore to a good or sound condition after decay or damage; mend: to repair a motor.
- rejuvenate β to make young again; restore to youthful vigor, appearance, etc.: That vacation has certainly rejuvenated him.
- restore β to bring back into existence, use, or the like; reestablish: to restore order.
- heal β to make healthy, whole, or sound; restore to health; free from ailment.
- rectify β to make, put, or set right; remedy; correct: He sent them a check to rectify his account.
- revamp β to renovate, redo, or revise: We've decided to revamp the entire show.
- renew β to begin or take up again, as an acquaintance, a conversation, etc.; resume.
- redress β the setting right of what is wrong: redress of abuses.
- ameliorate β If someone or something ameliorates a situation, they make it better or easier in some way.
- reconstruct β to construct again; rebuild; make over.
- cure β If doctors or medical treatments cure an illness or injury, they cause it to end or disappear.
- rebuild β to repair, especially to dismantle and reassemble with new parts: to rebuild an old car.
- right β in accordance with what is good, proper, or just: right conduct.
- recuperate β to recover from sickness or exhaustion; regain health or strength.
- renovate β to restore to good condition; make new or as if new again; repair.
- ready β completely prepared or in fit condition for immediate action or use: troops ready for battle; Dinner is ready.
- recover β to cover again or anew.
- overhaul β to make necessary repairs on; restore to serviceable condition: My car was overhauled by an expert mechanic.
- service β Robert W(illiam) 1874β1958, Canadian writer, born in England.
- doctor β a person licensed to practice medicine, as a physician, surgeon, dentist, or veterinarian.
- refurbish β to furbish again; renovate; brighten: to refurbish the lobby.
- better β Better is the comparative of good.
- remedy β something that cures or relieves a disease or bodily disorder; a healing medicine, application, or treatment.
- knit β to make (a garment, fabric, etc.) by interlocking loops of one or more yarns either by hand with knitting needles or by machine.
- condition β If you talk about the condition of a person or thing, you are talking about the state that they are in, especially how good or bad their physical state is.
- retouch β to improve with new touches, highlights, or the like; touch up or rework, as a painting or makeup.
- amend β If you amend something that has been written such as a law, or something that is said, you change it in order to improve it or make it more accurate.
- reform β the improvement or amendment of what is wrong, corrupt, unsatisfactory, etc.: social reform; spelling reform.
- patch β Alexander McCarrell [muh-kar-uh l] /mΙΛkΓ¦r Ιl/ (Show IPA), 1889β1945, U.S. World War II general.
- recondition β to restore to a good or satisfactory condition; repair; make over.
- convalesce β If you are convalescing, you are resting and getting your health back after an illness or operation.
- aid β Aid is money, equipment, or services that are provided for people, countries, or organizations who need them but cannot provide them for themselves.
- revise β to amend or alter: to revise one's opinion.
- gain β to make a gain or gains in.
- refit β to fit, prepare, or equip again.
- darn β If you darn something knitted or made of cloth, you mend a hole in it by sewing stitches across the hole and then weaving stitches in and out of them.
- fix β to repair; mend.
- put right β rectify
- patch up β an act or instance of patching or repair.
- stick β a thrust with a pointed instrument; stab.
- glue β a hard, impure, protein gelatin, obtained by boiling skins, hoofs, and other animal substances in water, that when melted or diluted is a strong adhesive.
- correct β If something is correct, it is in accordance with the facts and has no mistakes.
- improve β to bring into a more desirable or excellent condition: He took vitamins to improve his health.
- emend β Make corrections and improvements to (a text).
- stitch β one complete movement of a threaded needle through a fabric or material such as to leave behind it a single loop or portion of thread, as in sewing, embroidery, or the surgical closing of wounds.
- sew up β to join or attach by stitches.
- transform β to change in form, appearance, or structure; metamorphose.
- work on β exertion or effort directed to produce or accomplish something; labor; toil.
- look up β the act of looking: a look of inquiry.