Definition of "mend" in Anglais

verb

To physically repair (something that is broken, defaced, decayed, torn, or otherwise damaged).
- My trousers have a big rip in them and need mending.
- When your car breaks down, you can take it to the garage to have it mended.
To add fuel to (a fire).
To correct or put right (an error, a fault, etc.); to rectify, to remedy.
To put (something) in a better state; to ameliorate, to improve, to reform, to set right.
- Her stutter was mended by a speech therapist.
- My broken heart was mended.
To remove fault or sin from (someone, or their behaviour or character); to improve morally, to reform.
In mend one's pace: to adjust (a pace or speed), especially to match that of someone or something else; also, to quicken or speed up (a pace).
To correct or put right the defects, errors, or faults of (something); to amend, to emend, to fix.
To increase the quality of (someone or something); to better, to improve on; also, to produce something better than (something else).
To make amends or reparation for (a wrong done); to atone.
To restore (someone or something) to a healthy state; to cure, to heal.
To adjust or correctly position (something; specifically (nautical), a sail).
To put out (a candle).
To add one or more things in order to improve (something, especially wages); to supplement; also, to remedy a shortfall in (something).
To relieve (distress); to alleviate, to ease.
To reform (oneself).
To improve the condition or fortune of (oneself or someone).
To repair the clothes of (someone).
To cause (a person or animal) to gain weight; to fatten.
Chiefly with the impersonal pronoun it: to provide a benefit to (someone); to advantage, to profit.
Of an illness: to become less severe; also, of an injury or wound, or an injured body part: to get better, to heal.
Of a person: to become healthy again; to recover from illness.
Now only in least said, soonest mended: to make amends or reparation.
To become morally improved or reformed.
Chiefly used together with make: to make repairs.
To advance to a better state; to become less bad or faulty; to improve.
To improve in amount or price.
Of an error, fault, etc.: to be corrected or put right.