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ENGLISH: repair - CREOLE: repare

Overview of noun repair

The noun repair has 3 senses (first 2 from tagged texts)

1. (5) repair, fix, fixing, fixture, mend, mending, reparation -- (the act of putting something in working order again)

2. (1) repair -- (a formal way of referring to the condition of something; "the building was in good repair")

3. haunt, hangout, resort, repair, stamping ground -- (a frequently visited place)

Overview of verb repair

The verb repair has 5 senses (first 1 from tagged texts)

1. (11) repair, mend, fix, bushel, doctor, furbish up, restore, touch on -- (restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken; "She repaired her TV set"; "Repair my shoes please")

2. compensate, recompense, repair, indemnify -- (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, resort -- (move, travel, or proceed toward some place; "He repaired to his cabin in the woods")

4. rectify, remediate, remedy, repair, amend -- (set straight or right; "remedy these deficiencies"; "rectify the inequities in salaries"; "repair an oversight")

5. animate, recreate, reanimate, revive, renovate, repair, quicken, vivify, revivify -- (give new life or energy to; "A hot soup will revive me"; "This will renovate my spirits"; "This treatment repaired my health")