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repair in WordNet English dictionary

verb
  1. set straight or right
    "remedy these deficiencies"; "rectify the inequities in salaries"; "repair an oversight"
    rectify  remediate  remedy  repair  amend 
  2. give new life or energy to
    "A hot soup will revive me"; "This will renovate my spirits"; "This treatment repaired my health"
    animate  recreate  reanimate  revive  renovate  repair  quicken  vivify  revivify 
  3. restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken
    "She repaired her TV set"; "Repair my shoes please"
    repair  mend  fix  bushel  doctor  furbish up  restore  touch on 
  4. 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"
    compensate  recompense  repair  indemnify 
  5. move, travel, or proceed toward some place
    "He repaired to his cabin in the woods"
    repair  resort 
noun
  1. the act of putting something in working order again
    repair  fix  fixing  fixture  mend  mending  reparation 
  2. a frequently visited place
    haunt  hangout  resort  repair  stamping ground 
  3. a formal way of referring to the condition of something
    "the building was in good repair"
    repair 
WordNet Lexical Database v3.0, © 2006 Princeton University



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