mend

About 1.39 uses per million words.

Meaning

verb To physically repair (something that is broken, defaced, decayed, torn, or otherwise damaged).
My trousers have a big rip in them and need mending.
verb To physically repair (something that is broken, defaced, decayed, torn, or otherwise damaged).
My trousers have a big rip in them and need mending.
verb To add fuel to (a fire). To correct or put right (an error, a fault, etc.); to rectify, to remedy.
Her stutter was mended by a speech therapist.
verb To add fuel to (a fire).
verb To correct or put right (an error, a fault, etc.); to rectify, to remedy.
verb To put (something) in a better state; to ameliorate, to improve, to reform, to set right.
Her stutter was mended by a speech therapist.
verb To remove fault or sin from (someone, or their behaviour or character); to improve morally, to reform.
verb In mend one's pace: to adjust (a pace or speed), especially to match that of someone or something else; also, to quicken or speed up (a pace).