mends

C2+ Topic:People & Society

US /mɛndz/ UK /mɛndz/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

verb
repairs or restores; third-person form of mend

She patiently mends the torn nets each evening.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 verb · repairs or restores;... repairs fixes restores patches heals corrects

Opposites

breaks damages ruins

Word family

Related forms mend amend mendingemend

Etymology

Third-person form of mend, a Middle English shortening of amenden 'to amend', from Old French amender, from Latin ēmendāre 'to free from fault', from mendum 'fault, defect'.

amenden Middle English ēmendāre Latin mendum Latin

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Topics

People & Society

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# mends

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** verb
**IPA (US):** /mɛndz/
**IPA (UK):** /mɛndz/

## Meanings
1. repairs or restores; third-person form of mend

## Examples
- She patiently mends the torn nets each evening.

## Synonyms
- repairs
- fixes
- restores
- patches
- heals
- corrects

## Antonyms
- breaks
- damages
- ruins

## Related Forms
- mend
- amend
- mending
- emend

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: amenden
- Root: ēmendāre
- Root: mendum

## Etymology
Third-person form of mend, a Middle English shortening of amenden 'to amend', from Old French amender, from Latin ēmendāre 'to free from fault', from mendum 'fault, defect'.

## AI Etymology
Mends is the third-person form of mend, a Middle English shortening of amenden 'to amend', from Old French amender, from Latin ēmendāre 'to free from fault', from mendum 'fault, defect'. The etymological trail includes Middle English amenden, Latin ēmendāre, Latin mendum. The same word family includes mend, amend, mending, emend. Its current verb use means "repairs or restores; third-person form of mend".

## Topics
- People & Society

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