REPAIR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does repair mean? 

• REPAIR (noun)
  The noun REPAIR has 3 senses:

1. the act of putting something in working order again

2. a formal way of referring to the condition of something

3. a frequently visited place

  Familiarity information: REPAIR used as a noun is uncommon.

• REPAIR (verb)
  The verb REPAIR has 5 senses:

1. restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken

2. make amends for; pay compensation for

3. move, travel, or proceed toward some place

4. set straight or right

5. give new life or energy to

  Familiarity information: REPAIR used as a verb is common.

 Dictionary entry details 

• REPAIR (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The act of putting something in working order again

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

fix; fixing; fixture; mend; mending; repair; reparation

Hypernyms ("repair" is a kind of...):

improvement (the act of improving something)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "repair"):

patching (the act of mending a hole in a garment by sewing a patch over it)

care; maintenance; upkeep (activity involved in maintaining something in good working order)

band aid; quick fix; quickie; quicky (hurried repair)

restoration (the act of restoring something or someone to a satisfactory state)

reconstruction (the activity of constructing something again)

restitution (the act of restoring something to its original state)

darning (the act of mending a hole in a garment with crossing threads)

Derivation:

repair (restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A formal way of referring to the condition of something

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Context example:

the building was in good repair

Hypernyms ("repair" is a kind of...):

condition; status (a state at a particular time)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A frequently visited place

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

hangout; haunt; repair; resort; stamping ground

Hypernyms ("repair" is a kind of...):

area; country (a particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "repair"):

gathering place (a favorite haunt where people gather)

Derivation:

repair (move, travel, or proceed toward some place)

• REPAIR (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they repair    ... he / she / it repairs   
Past simple: repaired   
Past participle: repaired   
-ing form: repairing   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

bushel; doctor; fix; furbish up; mend; repair; restore; touch on

Context example:

Repair my shoes please

Hypernyms (to "repair" is one way to...):

ameliorate; amend; better; improve; meliorate (to make better)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "repair"):

patch; piece (repair by adding pieces)

darn (repair by sewing)

heel; reheel (put a new heel on)

revamp; vamp (provide (a shoe) with a new vamp)

resole; sole (put a new sole on)

patch; patch up (mend by putting a patch on)

trouble-shoot; troubleshoot (solve problems)

point; repoint (repair the joints of bricks)

cobble (repair or mend)

fill (plug with a substance)

fiddle; tinker (try to fix or mend)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sentence example:

The men repair the chairs

Antonym:

break (ruin completely)

Derivation:

repair (the act of putting something in working order again)

repairer (a skilled worker who mends or repairs things)

reparation (the act of putting something in working order again)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Make amends for; pay compensation for

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Synonyms:

compensate; indemnify; recompense; repair

Context example:

She was compensated for the loss of her arm in the accident

Hypernyms (to "repair" is one way to...):

pay (give money, usually in exchange for goods or services)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "repair"):

give (deliver in exchange or recompense)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something to somebody

Derivation:

reparation (something done or paid in expiation of a wrong)

reparation (compensation (given or received) for an insult or injury)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Move, travel, or proceed toward some place

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Synonyms:

repair; resort

Context example:

He repaired to his cabin in the woods

Hypernyms (to "repair" is one way to...):

go; locomote; move; travel (change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

repair (a frequently visited place)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Set straight or right

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

amend; rectify; remediate; remedy; repair

Context example:

repair an oversight

Hypernyms (to "repair" is one way to...):

correct; rectify; right (make right or correct)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Derivation:

reparation (something done or paid in expiation of a wrong)

Sense 5

Meaning:

Give new life or energy to

Classified under:

Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care

Synonyms:

animate; quicken; reanimate; recreate; renovate; repair; revive; revivify; vivify

Context example:

This treatment repaired my health

Hypernyms (to "repair" is one way to...):

arouse; brace; energise; energize; perk up; stimulate (cause to be alert and energetic)

Verb group:

come to; resuscitate; revive (return to consciousness)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody

 Context examples 

But when he examined the wheel, he discovered no repairs had been made.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

Cytarabine agent also inhibits DNA polymerase, resulting in a decrease in DNA replication and repair.

(Ancitabine Hydrochloride, NCI Thesaurus)

A type of steroid that is used in medicine to repair body tissues and to increase appetite and the growth of muscles.

(Anabolic steroid, NCI Dictionary)

It may block certain proteins involved in cancer cell growth and DNA repair.

(Amuvatinib, NCI Dictionary)

A substance that inhibits Alkyl-Guanine Transferase, an enzyme involved with DNA repair.

(Alkyl-Guanine Transferase Inhibitor, NCI Thesaurus)

Together these processes may accelerate skin healing and tissue repair.

(Amnion-derived Cellular Cytokine Solution, NCI Thesaurus)

Annamycin intercalates into DNA and inhibits topoisomerase II, thereby inhibiting DNA replication and repair as well as inhibiting RNA and protein synthesis.

(Annamycin, NCI Thesaurus)

The anthrapyrazole antibiotics intercalate into DNA and interact with topoisomerase II, thereby inhibiting DNA replication and repair and RNA and protein synthesis.

(Anthrapyrazole Antineoplastic Antibiotic, NCI Thesaurus)

This gene plays a role in DNA recognition and repair.

(APEX2 Gene, NCI Thesaurus)

This allele, which encodes DNA-(apurinic or apyrimidinic site) lyase 2 protein, is involved in base excision repair.

(APEX2 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)