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Definitions for Mending

[1] the act of a person or thing that mends.
[2] articles, especially clothes, to be mended: Grandmother always kept her mending in this wicker basket.
[3] to make (something broken, worn, torn, or otherwise damaged) whole, sound, or usable by repairing: to mend old clothes; to mend a broken toy.
[4] to remove or correct defects or errors in.
[5] to set right; make better; improve: to mend matters.
[6] to progress toward recovery, as a sick person.
[7] (of broken bones) to grow back together; knit.
[8] to improve, as conditions or affairs.
[9] the act of mending; repair or improvement.
[10] a mended place.
[11] something to be mended, esp clothes
[12] (tr) to repair (something broken or unserviceable)
[13] to improve or undergo improvement; reform (often in the phrase mend one's ways )
[14] (intr) to heal or recover
[15] (intr) (of conditions) to improve; become better
[16] (tr) Northern English to feed or stir (a fire)
[17] the act of repairing
[18] a mended area, esp on a garment
[19] on the mend becoming better, esp in health

Words related to Mending

repair, curing, adjustment, fixing, remodeling, helping, restoration, renovation, refreshing, alteration, remedying, relieving, tinkering, rebuilding, bettering

Words nearby Mending

menderes, mendes, mendicancy, mendicant, mendicity, mending, mendips, mendocino, mendota, mendoza, mendès-france

Origin of Mending

1150–1200; Middle English menden, aphetic variant of amend

Other words from Mending

mend·a·ble , adjective
re·mend , verb
un·mend·a·ble , adjective
un·mend·ed , adjective
well-mend·ed , adjective

Word origin for Mending

C12: shortened from amend

Synonyms for Mending

adjustment, alteration, ameliorating, bettering, correcting, curing, enhancing, fixing, freshening, helping, rebuilding, rectifying, refreshing, relieving, remedying, remodeling, renewing, renovating, renovation, repair, repairing, restoration, reviving, tinkering, patching up