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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Patch :: Patch (n.) A small piece of anything used to repair a breach; as, a patch on a kettle, a roof, etc..
Haybote :: Haybote (n.) An allowance of wood to a tenant for repairing his hedges or fences; hedgebote. See Bote.
Shipyard :: Shipyard (n.) A yard, place, or inclosure where ships are built or repaired..
Remedy :: Remedy (n.) To apply a remedy to; to relieve; to cure; to heal; to repair; to redress; to correct; to counteract.
Plumber :: Plumber (n.) One who works in lead; esp., one who furnishes, fits, and repairs lead, iron, or glass pipes, and other apparatus for the conveyance of water, gas, or drainage in buildings..
Slip :: Slip (n.) An inclined plane on which a vessel is built, or upon which it is hauled for repair..
Resort :: Resort (v. i.) To go; to repair; to betake one's self.
Penance :: Penance (n.) A means of repairing a sin committed, and obtaining pardon for it, consisting partly in the performance of expiatory rites, partly in voluntary submission to a punishment corresponding to the transgression. Penance is the fourth of seven sacraments in the Roman Catholic Church..
Earthbag :: Earthbag (n.) A bag filled with earth, used commonly to raise or repair a parapet..
Foxed :: Foxed (a.) Repaired by foxing; as, foxed boots..
Manhole :: Manhole (n.) A hole through which a man may descend or creep into a drain, sewer, steam boiler, parts of machinery, etc., for cleaning or repairing..
Imping :: Imping (n.) The process of repairing broken feathers or a deficient wing.
Armorer :: Armorer (n.) One who has the care of arms and armor, cleans or repairs them, etc..
Helcoplasty :: Helcoplasty (n.) The act or process of repairing lesions made by ulcers, especially by a plastic operation..
Cambium :: Cambium (n.) A fancied nutritive juice, formerly supposed to originate in the blood, to repair losses of the system, and to promote its increase..
Repair :: Repair (v. i.) To return.
Pontage :: Pontage (n.) A duty or tax paid for repairing bridges.
Tap :: Tap (n.) A piece of leather fastened upon the bottom of a boot or shoe in repairing or renewing the sole or heel.
Imp :: Imp (n.) To graft with new feathers, as a wing; to splice a broken feather. Hence, Fig.: To repair; to extend; to increase; to strengthen to equip..
Recure :: Recure (v. t.) To restore, as from weariness, sickness; or the like; to repair..
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