mend

En français : raccommoder, réparer, rapiécer

1. To physically repair (something that is broken, defaced, decayed, torn, or otherwise damaged). (transitive) · 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.
2. To add fuel to (a fire). (figuratively, transitive)
3. To correct or put right (an error, a fault, etc.); to rectify, to remedy. (figuratively, transitive)
4. To put (something) in a better state; to ameliorate, to improve, to reform, to set right. (figuratively, transitive) · Her stutter was mended by a speech therapist.· My broken heart was mended.
5. To remove fault or sin from (someone, or their behaviour or character); to improve morally, to reform. (figuratively, transitive)
6. 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). (figuratively, transitive)
7. To restore (someone or something) to a healthy state; to cure, to heal. (figuratively, transitive)
8. Of an illness: to become less severe; also, of an injury or wound, or an injured body part: to get better, to heal. (figuratively, intransitive)

Pluriel mend · He/she/it mends · Prétérit mended · Participe passé mended · Forme en -ing mending