repair
v.
fix, mend, correct a problem or malfunction
n.
act of fixing, correction, act of mending
Maintenance, repair and operations
Repair
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repair
Noun
1. the act of putting something in working order again
(synonym) fix, fixing, fixture, mend, mending, reparation
(hypernym) improvement
(hyponym) darning
(derivation) mend, fix, bushel, doctor, furbish up, restore, touch on
2. a formal way of referring to the condition of something; "the building was in good repair"
(hypernym) condition, status
3. a frequently visited place
(synonym) haunt, hangout, resort, stamping ground
(hypernym) area, country
(hyponym) gathering place
(derivation) resort
Verb
1. restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken; "She repaired her TV set"; "Repair my shoes please"
(synonym) mend, fix, bushel, doctor, furbish up, restore, touch on
(antonym) break, bust
(hypernym) better, improve, amend, ameliorate, meliorate
(hyponym) tinker, fiddle
(derivation) fix, fixing, fixture, mend, mending, reparation
2. 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"
(synonym) compensate, recompense, indemnify
(hypernym) pay
(hyponym) give
(derivation) reparation
3. move, travel, or proceed toward some place; "He repaired to his cabin in the woods"
(synonym) resort
(hypernym) travel, go, move, locomote
(derivation) haunt, hangout, resort, stamping ground
4. set straight or right; "remedy these deficiencies"; "rectify the inequities in salaries"; "repair an oversight"
(synonym) rectify, remediate, remedy, amend
(hypernym) correct, rectify, right
(derivation) reparation, amends
5. give new life or energy to; "A hot soup will revive me"; "This will renovate my spirits"; "This treatment repaired my health"
(synonym) animate, recreate, reanimate, revive, renovate, quicken, vivify, revivify
(hypernym) stimulate, arouse, brace, energize, energise, perk up
(verb-group) come to, revive, resuscitate
Repair
(v. t.)
To restore to a sound or good state after decay, injury, dilapidation, or partial destruction; to renew; to restore; to mend; as, to repair a house, a road, a shoe, or a ship; to repair a shattered fortune.
(v. t.)
To make amends for, as for an injury, by an equivalent; to indemnify for; as, to repair a loss or damage.
(v. i.)
To return.
(v. i.)
To go; to betake one's self; to resort; ass, to repair to sanctuary for safety.
(n.)
The act of repairing or resorting to a place.
(n.)
Restoration to a sound or good state after decay, waste, injury, or partial restruction; supply of loss; reparation; as, materials are collected for the repair of a church or of a city.
(n.)
Place to which one repairs; a haunt; a resort.
(n.)
Condition with respect to soundness, perfectness, etc.; as, a house in good, or bad, repair; the book is out of repair.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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