Definition of repair

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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..

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Fix :: Fix (v. t.) To put in order; to arrange; to dispose of; to adjust; to set to rights; to set or place in the manner desired or most suitable; hence, to repair; as, to fix the clothes; to fix the furniture of a room..
Refit :: Refit (v. t.) To fit or prepare for use again; to repair; to restore after damage or decay; as, to refit a garment; to refit ships of war..
Ploughbote :: Ploughbote (n.) Wood or timber allowed to a tenant for the repair of instruments of husbandry. See Bote.
Slip :: Slip (n.) An inclined plane on which a vessel is built, or upon which it is hauled for repair..
Repairment :: Repairment (n.) Act of repairing.
Nutriment :: Nutriment (n.) That which nourishes; anything which promotes growth and repairs the natural waste of animal or vegetable life; food; aliment.
Plumbing :: Plumbing (n.) The art of casting and working in lead, and applying it to building purposes; especially, the business of furnishing, fitting, and repairing pipes for conducting water, sewage, etc..
Repair :: Repair (v. i.) To return.
Recure :: Recure (v. t.) To restore, as from weariness, sickness; or the like; to repair..
Repair :: Repair (v. t.) To make amends for, as for an injury, by an equivalent; to indemnify for; as, to repair a loss or damage..
Scraper :: Scraper (n.) An instrument drawn by oxen or horses, used for scraping up earth in making or repairing roads, digging cellars, canals etc..
Reparative :: Reparative (n.) That which repairs.
Lineman :: Lineman (n.) A man employed to examine the rails of a railroad to see if they are in good condition; also, a man employed to repair telegraph lines..
Redress :: Redress (v. t.) To set right, as a wrong; to repair, as an injury; to make amends for; to remedy; to relieve from..
Callus :: Callus (n.) The material of repair in fractures of bone; a substance exuded at the site of fracture, which is at first soft or cartilaginous in consistence, but is ultimately converted into true bone and unites the fragments into a single piece..
Repair :: Repair (n.) Place to which one repairs; a haunt; a resort.
Remedy :: Remedy (n.) To apply a remedy to; to relieve; to cure; to heal; to repair; to redress; to correct; to counteract.
Reparation :: Reparation (n.) The act of renewing, restoring, etc., or the state of being renewed or repaired; as, the reparation of a bridge or of a highway; -- in this sense, repair is oftener used..
Shipyard :: Shipyard (n.) A yard, place, or inclosure where ships are built or repaired..
Restore :: Restore (v. t.) To bring back to its former state; to bring back from a state of ruin, decay, disease, or the like; to repair; to renew; to recover..
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