mend | mend I verb [with object] repair (something that is broken or damaged: workmen were mending faulty cabling | a patch was used to mend the garment. • [no object] return to health; heal: foot injuries can take months to mend. • improve (an unpleasant situation, especially a disagreement): quarrels could be mended by talking. noun a repair in a material: the mends were so perfect you could not even tell the board had been damaged.