repair

Noun · Verb
Synonyms: fixfixingfixturemendmendingreparationhaunthangoutresortstamping groundbusheldoctor

WordNet 3.0

Noun (3)

  1. the act of putting something in working order againSynonyms: fixfixingfixturemendmendingreparation
  2. a formal way of referring to the condition of something“the building was in good repair”
  3. a frequently visited placeSynonyms: haunthangoutresortstamping ground

Verb (5)

  1. restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken“She repaired her TV set”“Repair my shoes please”Synonyms: mendfixbusheldoctorfurbish uprestoretouch on
  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”Synonyms: compensaterecompenseindemnify
  3. move, travel, or proceed toward some place“He repaired to his cabin in the woods”Synonyms: resort
  4. set straight or right“remedy these deficiencies”“rectify the inequities in salaries”“repair an oversight”Synonyms: rectifyremediateremedyamend
  5. give new life or energy to“A hot soup will revive me”“This will renovate my spirits”“This treatment repaired my health”Synonyms: animaterecreatereanimatereviverenovatequickenvivifyrevivify
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Repair \Re*pair"\, n. [OF. repaire retreat, asylum, abode. See Repair to go.]

1.The act of repairing or resorting to a place. [R.] --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]

The king sent a proclamation for their repair to their houses.— Clarendon.[1913 Webster]

2.Place to which one repairs; a haunt; a resort. [R.] [1913 Webster]

There the fierce winds his tender force assail And beat him downward to his first repair.— Dryden.[1913 Webster]
Repair \Re*pair"\ (r?-p?r"), v. i. [OE. repairen, OF. repairier to return, fr. L. repatriare to return to one's contry, to go home again; pref. re- re- + patria native country, fr. pater father. See Father, and cf. Repatriate.]

1.To return. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]

I thought . . . that he repaire should again.— Chaucer.[1913 Webster]

2.To go; to betake one's self; to resort; ass, to repair to sanctuary for safety. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]

Go, mount the winds, and to the shades repair.— Pope.[1913 Webster]
Repair \Re*pair"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Repaired (-p?rd"); p. pr. & vb. n. Repairing.] [F. r['e]parer, L. reparare; pref. re- re- + parare to prepare. See Pare, and cf. Reparation.]

1.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. [1913 Webster]

Secret refreshings that repair his strength.— Milton.[1913 Webster]
Do thou, as thou art wont, repair My heart with gladness.— Wordsworth.[1913 Webster]

2.To make amends for, as for an injury, by an equivalent; to indemnify for; as, to repair a loss or damage. [1913 Webster]

I 'll repair the misery thou dost bear.— Shak.[1913 Webster]

Syn: To restore, recover; renew; amend; mend; retrieve; recruit. [1913 Webster]

Repair \Re*pair"\, n.

1.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. [1913 Webster]

Sunk down and sought repair Of sleep, which instantly fell on me.— Milton.[1913 Webster]

2.Condition with respect to soundness, perfectness, etc.; as, a house in good, or bad, repair; the book is out of repair. [1913 Webster]

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