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mends

noun
/mɛndz/US

Etymology

From mend (noun, verb) + -s (suffix forming pluralia tantum, regular plurals of nouns, and the third-person singular indicative present tense of verbs).

  1. derived from *mend-✻ — “defect; fault”
  2. derived from ēmendāre
  3. derived from amender — “to cure; to fix, repair; to set right, correct”
  4. derived from amender
  5. inherited from 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”
  6. formed as mends — “mend + -s”

Definitions

  1. Synonym of amends.

  2. Repair, restoration

    Repair, restoration; also, healing, recovery.

  3. plural of mend

  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. third-person singular simple present indicative of mend

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA