repair
Definitions
verb
To restore to good working order, fix, or improve damaged condition; to mend; to remedy.
to repair a house, a road, a shoe, a ship
to repair a shattered fortune
To make amends for, as for an injury, by an equivalent; to indemnify for.
to repair a loss or damage
I'll repair the misery thou dost bear.
noun
The act of repairing something.
I took the car to the workshop for repair.
One of the hidden glories of Victorian engineering is proper drains.[…]But out of sight is out of mind. And that[…]means that many old sewers have been neglected and are in dire need of repair.
The result of repairing something.
If you look closely you can see the repair in the paintwork.
The condition of something, in respect of need for repair.
The car was overall in poor repair before the accident. But after the workshop had it for three weeks it was returned in excellent repair. But the other vehicle was beyond repair.
The 1300 class (Nos. 1301-16), one of which was damaged beyond repair in an accident, are Co-Cos, weigh 111 tons and have a top speed of 85 m.p.h.
noun
The act of repairing or resorting to a place.
our annual repair to the mountains
The king sent a proclamation for their repair to their houses.
A place to which one goes frequently or habitually; a haunt.
There the fierce winds his tender force assail / And beat him downward to his first repair.