mends

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA^(key): /mɛndz/

• Audio (General American):

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• Rhymes: -ɛndz

Noun

mends pl (plural only)

1. Synonym of amends
   1. (chiefly Scotland) Recompense; restoration or reparation, especially (Christianity) from sin.
   2. (obsolete)
      1. Something given as compensation.
      2. (chiefly Scotland) A means of making restoration or reparation; a remedy.
         • c. 1602, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Troylus and Cressida”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i], line 69:

           she has the mends in her own hands.

2. (Northern England, Scotland) Repair, restoration; also, healing, recovery.

Derived terms

• into the mends, to the mends (Scotland, obsolete)

Translations

synonym of amends — see amends

Noun

mends

1. plural of mend

Verb

mends

1. third-person singular simple present indicative of mend