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mend

1 verb repair TRANSITIVEdeisigh verb c m ubail a chur ar c m ucaoi a chur ar c m uthey're mending fences with barbed wire tá siad ag cur bail ar sconsaí le sreang dheilgneach, tá siad ag deisiú sconsaí le sreang dheilgneach 2 verb improve relations etc TRANSITIVEcuir ina cheart c m uI'd like to mend our relationship ba mhaith liom cúrsaí a réiteach eadrainnthat won't mend matters ní leigheasfaidh sé sin an scéal

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3 verb become healthy

INTRANSITIVEcneasaigh verb c m ubisigh verb c m uthe bones mended quickly chneasaigh na cnámha go tapa, bhisigh na cnámha go gasta

TRANSITIVEcneasaigh verb c m uleigheas verb c m uit was used to mend wounds d'úsáidtí é chun créachtaí a leigheas

4 verb feed a fire TRANSITIVEbreosla a chur ar 5 noun in garmentdeisiú masc c m ucóiriú masc c m uthere was a mend at the elbow bhí an uillinn deisithe, bhí bail curtha ar an uillinn

phrases

to be on the mend

he's on the mend tá biseach ag teacht air, tá sé ag teacht chuige féin, tá sé ag dul i bhfeabhas

to mend fences with

they mended fences with Washington tháinig siad chun réitigh le Washington

to mend your ways

he's mended his ways tá a chuid iompair leasaithe aige, tá sé éirithe as an drochiompar

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