<p><strong>Verb (used with object)</strong></p><ul><li>to make (something broken, worn, torn, or otherwise damaged) whole, sound, or usable by repairing: to mend old clothes; to mend a broken toy.</li><li>Synonyms: retouch, restore, fix</li><li>Antonyms: destroy, ruin</li><li>to remove or correct defects or errors in.</li><li>Synonyms: emend, amend, rectify</li><li>to set right; make better; improve: to mend matters.</li><li>Synonyms: ameliorate</li></ul><p><strong>Verb (used without object)</strong></p><ul><li>to progress toward recovery, as a sick person.</li><li>Synonyms: amend, recover, heal</li><li>Antonyms: sicken, die</li><li>(of broken bones) to grow back together; knit.</li><li>to improve, as conditions or affairs.</li></ul><p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>the act of mending; repair or improvement.</li><li>a mended place.</li></ul>