Verb

(en verb)

To repair, as anything that is torn, broken, defaced, decayed, or the like; to restore from partial decay, injury, or defacement; to patch up; to put in shape or order again; to re-create; as, to mend a garment or a machine.

My trousers have a big rip in them and need mending .

When your car breaks down, you can take it to the garage to have it mended .

To alter for the better; to set right; to reform; hence, to quicken; as, to mend one's manners or pace.

Her stutter was mended by a speech therapist.

My broken heart was mended .

* Sir W. Temple

The best service they could do the state was to mend the lives of the persons who composed it.

To help, to advance, to further; to add to.

* Mortimer

Though in some lands the grass is but short, yet it mends garden herbs and fruit.

* Shakespeare

You mend the jewel by wearing it.

To grow better; to advance to a better state; to become improved.

Verb

(promot)

To raise (someone) to a more important, responsible, or remunerative job or rank.

He promoted his clerk to office manager.

Having crossed the chessboard, his pawn was promoted to a queen.

To advocate or urge on behalf of (something or someone); to attempt to popularize or sell by means of advertising or publicity.

They promoted the abolition of daylight saving time.

They promoted the new film with giant billboards.

To encourage, urge or incite

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To elevate to the above league.

At the end of the season, three teams are promoted to the Premier League.

(label) To increase the activity of a catalyst by changing its surface structure

(label) To exchange a pawn for a queen or other piece when it reaches the 8th rank