mending

[men-ding]

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.

mending

/ ˈmɛndɪŋ /

noun

1. something to be mended, esp clothes

Word History and Origins

Origin of mending¹

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

Example Sentences

“No wonder their tutus are in constant need of mending.”

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“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.”

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

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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.

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

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