mending
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1.6
- noun
- /ˈmɛndɪŋ/
- ''My shirt needs mending.
- needs mending
- sewing and mending
- mending and washing
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Watch on YouTubeBe more skillful in mending or upcycle my clothes.
- Be more skillful in mending or upcycle my clothes.
- They might send reassuring news of mending socks to their mothers and detailed accounts of battles to their fathers.
Examples
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At least she tried to concentrate on the never-ending pile of mending.
Fiction book (1992) -
"If that will be all, sir, I have to get home and do some mending."
Fiction book (2002) -
We have a lot of mending to do.
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There is lots of mending to be done.
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Well, then I'll do your mending for a week.
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I'm a fair hand at mending.
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The old fence needed mending, and at certain spots, it had broken down.
Fiction book (1999) -
Sarah left the groceries in the car and went inside to look for something that needed mending.
Fiction book (2000) -
We found a reel of that silk in your mending basket.
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I need to finish the mending of my favorite sweater before winter.
Synonyms
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2.3
Work done to fix something that is broken
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1.0
An action that makes something work again
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1.0
Joining cloth or other material with stitches made by a needle and thread
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1.9
Repairing something to make it work again
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2.3
The action of joining cloth pieces with a needle and thread
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3.0
A repair to something that is broken or torn
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3.5
Making and fixing clothes like suits or coats
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6.7
An act of mending a hole in clothing by weaving thread across it
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6.5
Fixing something so it works again
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2.3
The act of mending a hole in clothes by sewing a piece of fabric over it
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Etymology
Mending comes from the old verb mend, which meant 'to make better' and is the same root as amend. So mending is literally making torn or old clothes better again, that is, repairing them.