'Repair' definitions:

Definition of 'repair'

(from WordNet)
noun
The act of putting something in working order again [syn: repair, fix, fixing, fixture, mend, mending, reparation]
noun
A formal way of referring to the condition of something; "the building was in good repair"
noun
A frequently visited place [syn: haunt, hangout, resort, repair, stamping ground]
verb
Restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken; "She repaired her TV set"; "Repair my shoes please" [syn: repair, mend, fix, bushel, doctor, furbish up, restore, touch on] [ant: break, bust]
verb
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" [syn: compensate, recompense, repair, indemnify]
verb
Move, travel, or proceed toward some place; "He repaired to his cabin in the woods" [syn: repair, resort]
verb
Set straight or right; "remedy these deficiencies"; "rectify the inequities in salaries"; "repair an oversight" [syn: rectify, remediate, remedy, repair, amend]
verb
Give new life or energy to; "A hot soup will revive me"; "This will renovate my spirits"; "This treatment repaired my health" [syn: animate, recreate, reanimate, revive, renovate, repair, quicken, vivify, revivify]

Definition of 'Repair'

From: GCIDE
  • 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]

Definition of 'Repair'

From: GCIDE
  • 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]

Definition of 'Repair'

From: GCIDE
  • 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]

Definition of 'Repair'

From: 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]

Synonyms of 'repair'

From: Moby Thesaurus

Words containing 'Repair'