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- [men-ding]
- /ˈmɛn dɪŋ/
- /ˈmen.dɪŋ/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [men-ding]
- /ˈmɛn dɪŋ/
Definitions of mending word
- noun mending the act of mending; repair or improvement. 1
- noun mending a mended place. 1
- verb with object mending to make (something broken, worn, torn, or otherwise damaged) whole, sound, or usable by repairing: to mend old clothes; to mend a broken toy. 1
- verb with object mending to remove or correct defects or errors in. 1
- verb with object mending to set right; make better; improve: to mend matters. 1
- verb without object mending to progress toward recovery, as a sick person. 1
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Origin of mending
First appearance:
before 1250 One of the 11% oldest English words
Middle English word dating back to 1250-1300; See origin at mend, -ing1
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Parts of speech for Mending
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
mending popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 94% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
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This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for mending
noun mending
- repair — to restore to a good or sound condition after decay or damage; mend: to repair a motor.
- curing — the process of preserving food
- adjustment — An adjustment is a small change that is made to something such as a machine or a way of doing something.
- fixing — Informal. a position from which it is difficult to escape; predicament.
- remodeling — to model again.
adjective mending
- convalescing — to recover health and strength after illness; make progress toward recovery of health.
- on the mend — to make (something broken, worn, torn, or otherwise damaged) whole, sound, or usable by repairing: to mend old clothes; to mend a broken toy.
- healing — curing or curative; prescribed or helping to heal.
- out of the woods — the hard, fibrous substance composing most of the stem and branches of a tree or shrub, and lying beneath the bark; the xylem.
- over the hump — a rounded protuberance, especially a fleshy protuberance on the back, as that due to abnormal curvature of the spine in humans, or that normally present in certain animals, as the camel or bison.
Antonyms for mending
noun mending
- neglect — to pay no attention or too little attention to; disregard or slight: The public neglected his genius for many years.
adjective mending
- nocent — harmful; injurious.
- unconducive — tending to produce; contributive; helpful; favorable (usually followed by to): Good eating habits are conducive to good health.
- injurious — harmful, hurtful, or detrimental, as in effect: injurious eating habits.
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