mend
To physically repairTo physically repair (something that is broken, defaced, decayed, torn, or otherwise damaged).
» I asked him to mend my shoes.
Значение
значений: 30(переходный)To physically repair (something that is broken, defaced, decayed, torn, or otherwise damaged).
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.
flicken, reparieren
чини́тьčinítʹ, почини́тьpočinítʹ, исправля́тьispravljátʹ
ла́годитиláhodyty, пола́годитиpoláhodyty
(переносно, переходный)To add fuel to (a fire).
(переносно, переходный)To correct or put right (an error, a fault, etc.); to rectify, to remedy.
(переносно, переходный)To put (something) in a better state; to ameliorate, to improve, to reform, to set right.
Her stutter was mended by a speech therapist.
My broken heart was mended.
(переносно, переходный)To remove fault or sin from (someone, or their behaviour or character); to improve morally, to reform.
(переносно, переходный)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).
(переносно, региональное, переходный)To restore (someone or something) to a healthy state; to cure, to heal.
heal or recover
(переносно, непереходный)Of an illness: to become less severe; also, of an injury or wound, or an injured body part: to get better, to heal.
(переносно, непереходный)Of a person: to become healthy again; to recover from illness.
(Шотландия, переносно, непереходный)To become morally improved or reformed.
(архаичное, переносно, переходный)To correct or put right the defects, errors, or faults of (something); to amend, to emend, to fix.
(архаичное, переносно, переходный)To increase the quality of (someone or something); to better, to improve on; also, to produce something better than (something else).
Примеры
предложений: 138I asked him to mend my shoes.
Tom is still trying to mend fences.
We have to mend those fences.
ukМи маємо полагодити ті паркани.
These new shoes already need mending.
Эту новую обувь уже нужно починить.
deDiese neuen Schuhe müssen schon repariert werden.
She has mended the broken table.
Она починила сломанный стол.
deSie hat den zerbrochenen Tisch repariert.
Переводы
языков: 9По значениям 1
По значениям 2
По значениям 1
Происхождение
From Middle English menden (“to cure; to do good to, benefit; to do or make better, improvFrom Middle English menden (“to cure; to do good to, benefit; to do or make better, improve; to get better, recover; to keep in a good state; to put right, amend; to reform, repent”), the aphetic form of amenden (“to alter, change (especially for the better); to atone; to chastise, punish; to correct, remedy, amend; to cure; to excel, surpass; to forgive; to get or make better, improve; to make ready; to mend, repair, restore; to get well, recover; to relieve”), or from its etymon Anglo-Norman amender and Old French amender (“to cure; to fix, repair; to set right, correct”) (modern French amender), from Latin ēmendāre, the present active infinitive of ēmendō (“to atone; to chastise, punish; to correct, remedy, amend; to cure”), from ē- (variant of ex- (prefix meaning ‘away; out’)) + mendum (“defect; error, fault”) (from Proto-Indo-European *mend- (“defect; fault”)) + -ō (suffix forming first-conjugation verbs).
Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
Формы
mends, mending, mended, mendedСинонимы
синонимов: 30Однокоренные
связанных слов: 7Уроки к слову
уроков: 3- A1Present Simple: настоящее простое время — Потому что это глагол
- A1Past Simple: правильные глаголы — Потому что у него есть форма прошедшего времени
- A2Present Perfect: введение — Потому что у него есть причастие прошедшего времени