Synonyms for mending

Grammar : Noun

Spell : men-ding

Phonetic Transcription : ˈmɛn dɪŋ

Top 10 synonyms for mending

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Définition of mending

Origin : c.1200, "to repair," from a shortened form of Old French amender (see amend). Meaning "to put right, atone for, amend (one's life), repent" is from c.1300; that of "to regain health" is from early 15c. Related: Mended; mending.

noun restoring

Example sentences :

Emma finished the sleeve of the blouse she was mending with a flourish.
Extract from : « Grace Harlowe's Return to Overton Campus » by Jessie Graham Flower

My old experience with parchment in the mending of my uncle's books came to my aid.
Extract from : « Wilfrid Cumbermede » by George MacDonald

At her feet there was a pile of nets, and she was mending the broken meshes.
Extract from : « A Singer from the Sea » by Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr

Madame Boche was going to a tailor who was late in mending an overcoat for her husband.
Extract from : « L'Assommoir » by Emile Zola

Madame Goujet continued her mending without raising her head.
Extract from : « L'Assommoir » by Emile Zola

The needles and string were to be used for mending the explorers' clothes.
Extract from : « Abbe Mouret's Transgression » by Emile Zola

We had all to take to tailoring, sewing, mending, and cobbling.
Extract from : « Brighter Britain! (Volume 1 of 2) » by William Delisle Hay

There is no time for mending in the bush, so we are often rather ragged.
Extract from : « Brighter Britain! (Volume 1 of 2) » by William Delisle Hay

Things must be worse before they mend, and they are mending now.
Extract from : « The House Under the Sea » by Sir Max Pemberton

There's all this mending, and I've only milk enough for one more bottle.
Extract from : « The Harmsworth Magazine, v. 1, 1898-1899, No. 2 » by Various

Antonyms for mending

neglect

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