mending
noun
[ ˈmɛndɪŋ ]
• things to be repaired by sewing or darning.
• "a muddle of books and mending"
mend
verb
• repair (something that is broken or damaged).
• "workmen were mending faulty cabling"
Similar:
repair,
fix,
put back together,
piece together,
patch up,
restore,
sew (up),
stitch,
darn,
patch,
cobble,
botch,
vamp (up),
rehabilitate,
renew,
renovate,
redevelop,
overhaul,
recondition,
rebuild,
refurbish,
make whole,
make well,
cure,
heal,
fettle,
spetch,
ranter,
clout,
tinker,
beet,
• add fuel to (a fire).
• "he mended the fire and turned the meat on the greenwood racks"
Origin:
Middle English: shortening of amend.
