'Mending' definitions:
Definition of 'mending'
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Definition of 'Mending'
From: GCIDE
- Mend \Mend\ (m[e^]nd), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Mended; p. pr. & vb. n. Mending.] [Abbrev. fr. amend. See Amend.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. To repair, as anything that is torn, broken, defaced, decayed, or the like; to restore from partial decay, injury, or defacement; to patch up; to put in shape or order again; to re-create; as, to mend a garment or a machine. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To alter for the better; to set right; to reform; hence, to quicken; as, to mend one's manners or pace. [1913 Webster]
- The best service they could do the state was to mend the lives of the persons who composed it. --Sir W. Temple. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To help, to advance, to further; to add to. [1913 Webster]
- Though in some lands the grass is but short, yet it mends garden herbs and fruit. --Mortimer. [1913 Webster]
- You mend the jewel by the wearing it. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: To improve; help; better; emend; amend; correct; rectify; reform. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'mending'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- advance,
- advancement,
- advancing,
- amelioration,
- ameliorative,
- amendment,
- amends,
- ascent,
- bettering,
- betterment,
- boost,
- compensation,
- correction,
- enhancement,
- enrichment,
- eugenics,
- euthenics,
- fixing,
- furtherance,
- Great Leap Forward,
- headway,
- improvement,
- improving,
- lift,
- looking up,
- making right,
- melioration,
- meliorative,
- mend,
- on the lift,
- on the mend,
- ongoing,
- overhaul,
- overhauling,
- pickup,
- preferment,
- progress,
- progressing,
- progression,
- progressive,
- promotion,
- recompense,
- recovery,
- rectification,
- redress,
- remedy,
- repair,
- repairing,
- reparation,
- restoration,
- revival,
- rise,
- satisfaction,
- troubleshooting,
- upbeat,
- uplift,
- upping,
- upswing,
- uptrend,
- upward mobility