v. i. | 1. | To return. |
2. | To go; to betake one's self; to resort; ass, to repair to sanctuary for safety. | |
n. | 1. | The act of repairing or resorting to a place. |
2. | Place to which one repairs; a haunt; a resort. | |
v. t. | 1. | To restore to a sound or good state after decay, injury, dilapidation, or partial destruction; to renew; to restore; to mend; |
2. | To make amends for, as for an injury, by an equivalent; to indemnify for; | |
n. | 1. | Restoration to a sound or good state after decay, waste, injury, or partial restruction; supply of loss; reparation; |
2. | Condition with respect to soundness, perfectness, etc.; |
Noun | 1. | ![]() |
2. | repair - a formal way of referring to the condition of something; "the building was in good repair" | |
3. | repair - a frequently visited place | |
Verb | 1. | repair - restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken; "She repaired her TV set"; "Repair my shoes please" |
2. | repair - 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" | |
3. | repair - move, travel, or proceed toward some place; "He repaired to his cabin in the woods" Synonyms: resort | |
4. | repair - set straight or right; "remedy these deficiencies"; "rectify the inequities in salaries"; "repair an oversight" | |
5. | repair - give new life or energy to; "A hot soup will revive me"; "This will renovate my spirits"; "This treatment repaired my health" |