[mɛnd], (Verb)

Definitions:
- repair (something that is broken or damaged)
(e.g: workmen were mending faulty cabling)

- add fuel to (a fire)
(e.g: he mended the fire and turned the meat on the greenwood racks)


Phrases:
- mend fences
- mend one's manners
- mend one's pace
- mend one's ways
- on the mend

Origin:
Middle English: shortening of amend

[mɛnd], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a repair in a material
(e.g: the mend was barely visible)


Phrases:
- mend fences
- mend one's manners
- mend one's pace
- mend one's ways
- on the mend

Origin:
Middle English: shortening of amend