| anglais > français | |
| mend | |
| 1. v. Rapiécer. | |
| 2. n. (Rare) Rapiéçage (action ou son résultat). | |
| anglais > anglais | |
| mend | |
| 1. n. A place, as in clothing, which has been repaired by mending. |  |
| 2. n. The act of repairing. |  |
| My trousers have a big rip in them and need a mend. |  |
| 3. v. To repair, as anything that is torn, broken, defaced, decayed, or the like; to restore from partial decay, injury, or defacement. |  |
| 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. |  |
| 4. v. To alter for the better; to set right; to reform; hence, to quicken; as, to mend one's manners or pace. |  |
| Her stutter was mended by a speech therapist. |  |
| My broken heart was mended. |  |
| 5. v. To help, to advance, to further; to add to. |  |
| 6. v. (intransitive) To grow better; to advance to a better state; to become improved. |  |