Mending

Word MENDING
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Definitions and meanings of "Mending"

What do we mean by mending?

Clothes and other articles that must be repaired. noun

A yarn composed of cotton and wool, and prepared for darning the so-called merino stockings made on the stocking-loom: used chiefly in the plural. noun

Articles collectively that require to be mended. noun

Present participle of mend. verb

The act of putting something in working order again noun

Garments that must be repaired noun

To repair, as anything that is torn, broken, defaced, decayed, or the like; to restore from partial decay, injury, or defacement.

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

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

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

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The word "mending" in example sentences

"That's what I call mending matters!" said Denoisel. ❋ Edmond De Goncourt (1859)

In a slow-growth, high-unemployment economy still mending from a financial crisis, there are only so many trillion-dollar markets the politicians can destroy without sending America back into recession. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Only an immediate dissolution and a fresh Parliament can have the requsite authority to begin mending that which they have broken. ❋ Unknown (2009)

In previous years, my post San Diego experience was one of physically mending from the physical exertion that I went through during the show. ❋ Unknown (2008)

I hope she will work as tirelessly in mending the fractures she's created as she's worked in creating them. ❋ Unknown (2008)

It's time to give it up and play a positive role in mending the party. ❋ Unknown (2008)

All submitted comments are subject to the rules set forth in our Privacy Policy and Terms of Use. from Evan! wrote 1 year 13 weeks ago good video, great lesson! mending is an over looked skill. yrs-Evan! ❋ Tim Romano (2008)

By following the given instructions carefully, you will become able to dress your dolls, assist your mothers in mending, make garments, fancy articles, etc. ❋ Unknown (2006)

The behind-the-scenes role the Boston Red Sox owner played in mending the marriage between Larry Lucchino, 60, the mentor, and Theo Epstein, 32, the enormously successful protégé, cannot be underestimated. ❋ Unknown (2006)

The following evening Mrs Bunch was occupying herself in mending his nightgown. ❋ Unknown (2004)

O'BRIEN: She hasn't used the word mending fences, but has absolutely said she feels that she is an ambassador of the U.S., and if she can smooth over any issues in the past, well then, I'm sure she'd be happy to do that. ❋ Unknown (2003)

But no doubt I would be better employed in mending little Jem's trousers than in talking gossip about my neighbours. ❋ Lucy Maud (1919)

Many of Mrs. Jo's friends who had nurseries sent her they toys of which their children so soon tired, and in mending these Nat found an employment that just suited him. ❋ Unknown (1871)

A large sum, supposed to be employed in mending the road, is collected annually at the toll, close to San Antonio. ❋ Frances Erskine Inglis (1843)

But the perpetual state of street-mending, that is the crowning interest. ❋ Various (N/A)

A house-keeper should be able to make fine desserts, and to attend to all the sewing of the family, with the assistance of a maid -- that is, the mending, and the hemming of the towels, etc. ❋ Mrs. John M. E. W. Sherwood (N/A)

Evidently the nets have not been used for some time, for there are many holes in them, and the mending is a slow business. ❋ Unknown (1911)

I would say 'mending' a fuse for the old-style fuses where you have to put a new piece of fuse wire in between the contacts. ❋ Unknown (2010)

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