Definition of mend

"mend" in the noun sense

1. mend, patch, darn

sewing that repairs a worn or torn hole (especially in a garment

"her stockings had several mends"

2. repair, fix, fixing, fixture, mend, mending, reparation

the act of putting something in working order again

"mend" in the verb sense

1. repair, mend, fix, bushel, doctor, furbish up, restore, touch on

restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken

"She repaired her TV set"

"Repair my shoes please"

2. mend, heal

heal or recover

"My broken leg is mending"

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Quotations for mend

Prosperous men seldom mend their faults. [ Proverb ]

God never made His work for man to mend. [ Dryden ]

The wise for cure on exercise depend:
God never made His work for man to mend. [ Dryden ]

So weary with disasters tugged with fortune.
That I would set my life on any chance,
To mend, or be rid of it. [ William Shakespeare ]

If your cast be bad, mend it with good play. [ Proverb ]

Better to hunt in fields for health unbought,
Than fee the doctor for a nauseous draught.
The wise for cure on exercise depend;
God never made his work for man to mend. [ Dryden ]

What you keep by you, you may change and mend;
But words once spoken can never be recalled. [ Roscommon ]

In Faith and Hope the world will disagree.
But all mankind's concerned in Charity;
All must be false that thwart this one great end.
And all of God, that bless mankind, or mend. [ Alexander Pope ]

He may find fault, but let him mend it if he can. [ Proverb ]

Hopes of pardon mend not, but encourage criminals. [ Proverb ]

He that lacks time to mourn, lacks time to mend.
Eternity mourns that. 'Tis an ill cure
For life's worst ills to have no time to feel them. [ Sir Henry Taylor ]

A good day will not mend him, nor a bad day impair him. [ Proverb ]

Like Banbury tinkers, that mend one hole and make three. [ Proverb ]

A blockhead can find more faults than a wise man can mend. [ Gaelic Proverb ]

+{Instruction} Seek to, delight, that they may mend mankind.
And, while they captivate, inform the mind. [ Cowper ]

I beg you take courage; the brave soul can mend even disaster. [ Catherine of Russia ]

He is well onward in the way of wisdom who can bear reproof, and mend by it. [ Proverb ]

A goose flies by a chart which the Royal Geographical Society could not mend. [ Holmes ]

Mend your clothes and you may hold out this year." Press a stick and it seems a youth. [ English Proverb, collected by George Herbert ]

This is an art which does mend nature, - change it rather; but the art itself is nature. [ William Shakespeare ]

Cudgel thy brains no more about it, for your dull ass will not mend his pace with beating. [ William Shakespeare, Hamlet ]

This is he that kiss'd away his hand in courtesy; This is the ape of form, monsieur the nice. That when he plays at tables, chides the dice in honorable terms; nay, he can sing a mean most meanly; and in ushering, mend him who can; the ladies call him sweet; The stairs, as he treads on them, kiss his feet. [ William Shakespeare ]

mend in Scrabble®

The word mend is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 7

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Play In The Letters mend:

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mend in Words With Friends™

The word mend is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 9

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Word Growth involving mend

Shorter words in mend

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en men

me men

Longer words containing mend

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