Mending (Noun)
Meaning 1
The act of putting something in working order again.
Classification
Nouns denoting acts or actions.
Synonyms
Hypernyms
Hyponyms
- Restoration
- Care
- Reconstruction
- Quickie
- Quicky
- Band Aid
- Restitution
- Darning
- Upkeep
- Patching
- Maintenance
- Quick Fix
Related Words
Meaning 2
Garments that must be repaired.
Classification
Nouns denoting man-made objects.
Examples
- The tailor's workbench was cluttered with mending, including torn jeans and a frayed sweater.
- She spent the afternoon doing mending, carefully stitching up the holes in her favorite socks.
- The mending pile on the sewing machine table was growing, with a ripped shirt and a pair of worn-out pants waiting to be fixed.
- After the move, she had a lot of mending to do, including repairing the torn seams on her favorite dress.
- The old sewing basket was filled with mending, including a quilt with a broken stitch and a pair of gloves with a hole in the thumb.