Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The act of betaking one's self to a (specified) place; a resorting.
- noun A place to which one repairs; haunt; resort.
- noun Probably, an invitation or a return.
- To restore to a sound, good, or complete state after decay, injury, dilapidation, or partial destruction; restore; renovate.
- To make amends for, as for an injury, by an equivalent; give indemnity for; make good: as, to
repair a loss or damage. - To fortify; defend.
- To recover, or get into position for offense again, as a weapon.
- Synonyms To mend, refit, retouch, vamp (up), patch, tinker (up).
- noun Restoration to a sound or good state after decay, waste, injury, or partial destruction; supply of loss; reparation.
- noun Good or sound condition kept up by repairing as required; with a qualifying term, condition as regards repairing: as, a building in good or bad repair.
- noun Reparation for wrong; amends.
- noun Attire; apparel.
- To go to a (specified) place; betake one's self; resort: as, to
repair to a sanctuary for safety. - To return.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To restore to a sound or good state after decay, injury, dilapidation, or partial destruction; to renew; to restore; to mend.
- transitive verb To make amends for, as for an injury, by an equivalent; to indemnify for.
- noun rare The act of repairing or resorting to a place.
- noun rare Place to which one repairs; a haunt; a resort.
- intransitive verb obsolete To return.
- intransitive verb To go; to betake one's self; to resort; ass, to
repair to sanctuary for safety. - noun Restoration to a sound or good state after decay, waste, injury, or partial restruction; supply of loss; reparation.
- noun Condition with respect to soundness, perfectness, etc.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The act of repairing something.
- noun The result of repairing something.
- noun The
condition of something, in respect of need for repair. - verb To
restore togood workingorder ,fix , orimprove damaged condition ; tomend ; toremedy . - verb to
pair again - noun An act of going on vacation.
- noun A place to which one goes frequently or habitually; a
haunt . - verb To transfer oneself to another place.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a frequently visited place
- noun a formal way of referring to the condition of something
- verb set straight or right
- verb move, travel, or proceed toward some place
- verb give new life or energy to
- verb restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken
- verb make amends for; pay compensation for
- noun the act of putting something in working order again
Etymologies
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Examples
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Description: black 4dr sedan,300se, all the toys, sold new/54000 looks great owend by one family, car starts; engine fine needs trans. coolant line repair@ tires; will sell for parts or repair can be seen in franklin!
The Money Times Pankaj Damin 2010
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Sullivan KM, Lorenz HP, Adzick NS: A model of human fetal skin repair is deficient in transforming growth factor beta.
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Lorenz HP, Longaker MT, Whitby DJ, Harrison MR, Adzick NS: Scarless fetal skin repair is intrinsic to the fetal fibroblast.
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If it leaks, the repair is usually as easy as adding some caulking at the inside of the shower at the intersection between the wall and the base.
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They were very apologetic, and immediately dispatched a repairman -- the word "repair," as it's affixed to the front portion of his name, suggesting that the man would remedy the calamitous dearth of high definition Uzbekistani infomercials that were once a part of our lives.
Martin Marks: Your Guide to Hurricane Preparedness Martin Marks 2011
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If it leaks, the repair is usually as easy as adding some caulking at the inside of the shower at the intersection between the wall and the base.
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They were very apologetic, and immediately dispatched a repairman -- the word "repair," as it's affixed to the front portion of his name, suggesting that the man would remedy the calamitous dearth of high definition Uzbekistani infomercials that were once a part of our lives.
Martin Marks: Your Guide to Hurricane Preparedness Martin Marks 2011
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If it leaks, the repair is usually as easy as adding some caulking at the inside of the shower at the intersection between the wall and the base.
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If it leaks, the repair is usually as easy as adding some caulking at the inside of the shower at the intersection between the wall and the base.
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KING: I want to send my very best to dame Elizabeth Taylor, going into the hospital for what she describes as the repair of a leaky heart valve.
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