repair

Noun

Verb

  • (v.) repair, mend, fix, bushel, doctor, furbish up, restore, touch on (restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken) "She repaired her TV set"; "Repair my shoes please"
  • (v.) compensate, recompense, repair, indemnify (make amends for; pay compensation for) "One can never fully repair the suffering and losses of the Jews in the Third Reich"; "She was compensated for the loss of her arm in the accident"
  • (v.) repair, resort (move, travel, or proceed toward some place) "He repaired to his cabin in the woods"
  • (v.) rectify, remediate, remedy, repair, amend (set straight or right) "remedy these deficiencies"; "rectify the inequities in salaries"; "repair an oversight"
  • (v.) animate, recreate, reanimate, revive, renovate, repair, quicken, vivify, revivify (give new life or energy to) "A hot soup will revive me"; "This will renovate my spirits"; "This treatment repaired my health"
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