Repair Illustrations
Repairnoun
The act of repairing something.
‘I took the car to the workshop for repair.’;
Mendnoun
A place, as in clothing, which has been repaired by mending.
Repairnoun
The result of repairing something.
‘If you look closely you can see the repair in the paintwork.’;
Mendnoun
The act of repairing.
‘My trousers have a big rip in them and need a mend.’;
Repairnoun
The condition of something, in respect of need for repair.
‘The car was overall in poor repair before the accident. But after the workshop had it for three weeks it was returned in excellent repair. But the other vehicle was beyond repair.’;
Mendverb
(transitive) To repair, as anything that is torn, broken, defaced, decayed, or the like; to restore from partial decay, injury, or defacement.
‘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.’;
Repairnoun
The act of repairing or resorting to a place.
‘our annual repair to the mountains’;
Mendverb
(transitive) To alter for the better; to set right; to reform; hence, to quicken; as, to mend one's manners or pace.
‘Her stutter was mended by a speech therapist.’; ‘My broken heart was mended.’;
Repairnoun
A place to which one goes frequently or habitually; a haunt.
Mendverb
(transitive) To help, to advance, to further; to add to.
Repairverb
To restore to good working order, fix, or improve damaged condition; to mend; to remedy.
‘to repair a house, a road, a shoe, or a ship’; ‘to repair a shattered fortune’;
Mendverb
(intransitive) To grow better; to advance to a better state; to become improved.
Repairverb
To make amends for, as for an injury, by an equivalent; to indemnify for.
‘to repair a loss or damage’;
Mendverb
To repair, as anything that is torn, broken, defaced, decayed, or the like; to restore from partial decay, injury, or defacement; to patch up; to put in shape or order again; to re-create; as, to mend a garment or a machine.
Repairverb
To transfer oneself to another place.
‘to repair to sanctuary for safety’;
Mendverb
To alter for the better; to set right; to reform; hence, to quicken; as, to mend one's manners or pace.
‘The best service they could do the state was to mend the lives of the persons who composed it.’;
Repairverb
to pair again
Mendverb
To help, to advance, to further; to add to.
‘Though in some lands the grass is but short, yet it mends garden herbs and fruit.’; ‘You mend the jewel by the wearing it.’;
Repairverb
To return.
‘I thought . . . that he repaire should again.’;
Mendverb
To grow better; to advance to a better state; to become improved; to recover; to heal.
Repairverb
To go; to betake one's self; to resort; ass, to repair to sanctuary for safety.
‘Go, mount the winds, and to the shades repair.’;
Mendnoun
sewing or darning that repairs a worn or torn hole (especially in a garment);
‘her stockings had several mends’;
Repairverb
To restore to a sound or good state after decay, injury, dilapidation, or partial destruction; to renew; to restore; to mend; as, to repair a house, a road, a shoe, or a ship; to repair a shattered fortune.
‘Secret refreshings that repair his strength.’; ‘Do thou, as thou art wont, repairMy heart with gladness.’;
Mendnoun
the act of putting something in working order again
Repairverb
To make amends for, as for an injury, by an equivalent; to indemnify for; as, to repair a loss or damage.
‘I 'll repair the misery thou dost bear.’;
Mendverb
restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken;
‘She repaired her TV set’; ‘Repair my shoes please’;
Repairnoun
The act of repairing or resorting to a place.
‘The king sent a proclamation for their repair to their houses.’;
Mendverb
heal or recover;
‘My broken leg is mending’;
Repairnoun
Place to which one repairs; a haunt; a resort.
‘There the fierce winds his tender force assailAnd beat him downward to his first repair.’;
Repairnoun
Restoration to a sound or good state after decay, waste, injury, or partial restruction; supply of loss; reparation; as, materials are collected for the repair of a church or of a city.
‘Sunk down and sought repairOf sleep, which instantly fell on me.’;
Repairnoun
Condition with respect to soundness, perfectness, etc.; as, a house in good, or bad, repair; the book is out of repair.
Repairnoun
the act of putting something in working order again
Repairnoun
a formal way of referring to the condition of something;
‘the building was in good repair’;
Repairnoun
a frequently visited place
Repairverb
restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken;
‘She repaired her TV set’; ‘Repair my shoes please’;
Repairverb
make amends for; pay compensation for;
‘One can never fully repair the suffering and losses of the Jews in the Third Reich’; ‘She was compensated for the loss of her arm in the accident’;
Repairverb
move, travel, or proceed toward some place;
‘He repaired to his cabin in the woods’;
Repairverb
set straight or right;
‘remedy these deficiencies’; ‘rectify the inequities in salaries’; ‘repair an oversight’;
Repairverb
give new life or energy to;
‘A hot soup will revive me’; ‘This will renovate my spirits’; ‘This treatment repaired my health’;
