mending

American  

[men-ding] / ˈmɛn dɪŋ /

noun

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.

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mending British  

/ ˈmɛndɪŋ /

noun

1. something to be mended, esp clothes

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Etymology

Origin of mending

Middle English word dating back to 1250–1300; mend, -ing ¹

Example Sentences

Then there was Mend Piece: “While you mend | think of mending the world.”

From Salon

“That will be quite enough of that. The poor window curtain! All the loops are torn off. It will not hang up properly again without a good deal of mending.”

From Literature

The glass mending went on nonstop, twelve months a year, for twenty years.

From Literature

Hill’s turnaround moves since then have included mending relationships with retailers such as Foot Locker and specialty running stores after Nike’s fizzled attempt to focus more on its own e-commerce sales.

From The Wall Street Journal

Do objects worth mending and maintaining ease my guilt of unnecessary consumption?

From Los Angeles Times