Mends

//mɛndz// noun, verb

noun, verb ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Synonym of amends.; Recompense; restoration or reparation, especially (Christianity) from sin. Scotland, plural, plural-only
  2. 2
    plural of mend form-of, plural
  3. 3
    Synonym of amends.; Something given as compensation. obsolete, plural, plural-only
  4. 4
    Synonym of amends.; A means of making restoration or reparation; a remedy. Scotland, obsolete, plural, plural-only

    "she has the mends in her own hands."

  5. 5
    Repair, restoration; also, healing, recovery. Northern-England, Scotland, plural, plural-only
Verb
  1. 1
    third-person singular simple present indicative of mend form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person

Synonyms

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amendsassythbotecompensationindemnificationindemnity

Example

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"Furthermore, in order to defeat Ganon, Link mends the eight scattered fragments of the triforce of wisdom, in order to have the magic triangle."

Etymology

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

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into the mendsto the mends

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