mending
Meaning of mending
verb
- To repair, as anything that is torn, broken, defaced, decayed, or the like; to restore from partial decay, injury, or defacement.
My trousers have a big rip in them and need mending.
- 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.
- To help, to advance, to further; to add to.
- To grow better; to advance to a better state; to become improved.
noun
The act by which something is mended or repaired.
Information about mending
- The plural form of mending is: mendings.
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Hyphenation of mending
mend-ing
- It consists of 2 syllables and 7 chars.
- mending is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
mending synonyms
Meaning repair:
repair, fix, fixing, fixture, mend, reparation
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