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Entry 4 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Mend

/(mĕnd)/ · IPA /mɛnd/
01 v. t. To repair, as anything that is torn, broken, defaced, decayed, or the like; to restore from partial decay, injury, or defacement; to patch …
imp. & p. p. Mended; p. pr. & vb. n. Mending
  1. 1.
    To repair, as anything that is torn, broken, defaced, decayed, or the like; to restore from partial decay, injury, or defacement; to patch up; to put in shape or order again; to re-create; as, to mend a garment or a machine.
  2. 2.
    To alter for the better; to set right; to reform; hence, to quicken; as, to mend one's manners or pace.
    “The best service they could do the state was to mend the lives of the persons who composed it.” — Sir W. Temple.
  3. 3.
    To help, to advance, to further; to add to.
    “Though in some lands the grass is but short, yet it mends garden herbs and fruit.” — Mortimer.
    “You mend the jewel by the wearing it.” — Shak.
Syn. To improve; help; better; emend; amend; correct; rectify; reform.
02 v. i. To grow better; to advance to a better state; to become improved; to recover; to heal.
  1. 1.
    To grow better; to advance to a better state; to become improved; to recover; to heal.
Phrases & compounds
on the mend — recovering from an illness or injury.