Repair
[rɪ'peə] or [rɪ'pɛr]
Definition
(noun.) the act of putting something in working order again.
(noun.) a formal way of referring to the condition of something; 'the building was in good repair'.
(verb.) restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken; 'She repaired her TV set'; 'Repair my shoes please'.
(verb.) move, travel, or proceed toward some place; 'He repaired to his cabin in the woods'.
Inputed by Giles--From WordNet
Definition
(v. i.) To return.
(v. i.) To go; to betake one's self; to resort; ass, to repair to sanctuary for safety.
(n.) The act of repairing or resorting to a place.
(n.) Place to which one repairs; a haunt; a resort.
(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.
(v. t.) To make amends for, as for an injury, by an equivalent; to indemnify for; as, to repair a loss or damage.
(n.) 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.
(n.) Condition with respect to soundness, perfectness, etc.; as, a house in good, or bad, repair; the book is out of repair.
Editor: Zeke
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. [1]. Mend, refit, retouch, vamp, tinker, piece, patch, touch up, vamp up, patch up.[2]. Retrieve, restore, make good.[3]. Redress, atone for, make amends for.
n. Restoration, reparation, renewal, refitting, mending.
Typed by Jaime
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Restore, recover, mend, retrieve, relit
ANT:Impair, waste, wear, deteriorate, injure
Checker: Merle
Definition
v.t. to restore after injury: to make amends for: to make good as a loss: to mend: (Spens.) to recover into position as a weapon.—n. restoration after injury or decay: supply of loss.—ns. Repair′er one who restores or amends; Repair′ment; Reparabil′ity.—adj. Rep′arable that may be repaired.—adv. Rep′arably.—n. Reparā′tion repair: supply of what is wasted: amends.—adj. Repar′ative amending defect or injury.—n. that which restores to a good state: that which makes amends.
v.i. to betake one's self to: to go: to resort.—n. a retreat or abode.
Checked by Klaus
Examples
- The table was of the usual European style --cushions dead and twice as high as the balls; the cues in bad repair. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- They have been looking at the house in St. Peter's Place, next to Mr. Hackbutt's; it belongs to him, and he is putting it nicely in repair. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- We go forward prepared to repair it after we have stormed the pass. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Each has done his duty, and now, Kantos Kan, may we not repair at once to Hastor and get under way before to-morrow's sun? Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- The place looked in too perfect repair to be so ancient. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Now, jump in, and let us see if I can repair the consequences of my own blunder. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Troops had been sent north by Halleck along the line of the Mobile and Ohio railroad to put it in repair as far as Columbus. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- By the way, there does not seem to be any very pressing need for repairs at that end wall. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- Mr. Rouncewell is not in the library, but she repairs to the library. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- The railroads and canal should be destroyed beyond possibility of repairs for weeks. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- But if the atmosphere is dangerous for men in the pit at the time, it is equally dangerous for others to go down and effect repairs or render first aid. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The earth is more than a mechanism, it is an organism that repairs and restores itself in perpetuity. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- I must look into that: it would cheapen the repairs. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- A story was told of a professor of a theological seminary who was one day on his way to a jeweler’s store, carrying in his arms the family clock, which was in need of repairs. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Doctor Slammer and his friends repaired to the barracks, and Mr. Winkle, accompanied by Mr. Snodgrass, returned to their inn. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Then it happened that in 1764 a small Newcomen engine that belonged to the University of Glasgow was given to James Watt, an instrument-maker at the university, to be repaired. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- But in Spain it is done too lightly and often without true necessity and there is much quick injustice which, afterward, can never be repaired. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Mr. Pickwick took up his hat, and repaired to the Peacock, but Mr. Winkle had conveyed the intelligence of the fancy-ball there, before him. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Not before, so it can be repaired if the attack is postponed. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Arthur made no remark upon it, and repaired to his mother's room, where Mr Casby and Flora had been taking tea, anchovy paste, and hot buttered toast. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- From that point the railroad had been repaired up to Knoxville and out east to Strawberry Plains. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- But, like ourselves, the rebels had become experts in repairing such damage. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- I now ordered him to discontinue his work of repairing roads and to move on with his whole force to Stevenson, Alabama, without delay. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Mr. Tulkinghorn, in repairing to his cellar and in opening and shutting those resounding doors, has to cross a little prison-like yard. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Nothing more being said of repairing to Riah's, they went direct to Lizzie's lodging. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- I observed, with pleasure, that he did not go to the forest that day, but spent it in repairing the cottage, and cultivating the garden. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- We lost no time in repairing to this place, which was within a few hundred yards; and as the door stood ajar, I pushed it open. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- There was delay therefore in repairing the road back, and in gathering and forwarding supplies to the front. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
Typist: Theodore