All mending synonyms
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M m 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.
- helping — the act of helping; aid or assistance; relief or succor.
- restoration — the act of restoring; renewal, revival, or reestablishment.
- renovation — to restore to good condition; make new or as if new again; repair.
- refreshing — having the power to restore freshness, vitality, energy, etc.: a refreshing nap.
- alteration — An alteration is a change in or to something.
- remedying — something that cures or relieves a disease or bodily disorder; a healing medicine, application, or treatment.
- relieving — to ease or alleviate (pain, distress, anxiety, need, etc.).
- tinkering — a mender of pots, kettles, pans, etc., usually an itinerant.
- rebuilding — to repair, especially to dismantle and reassemble with new parts: to rebuild an old car.
- bettering — of superior quality or excellence: a better coat; a better speech.
- repairing — to restore to a good or sound condition after decay or damage; mend: to repair a motor.
- sewing — the amount of additional water necessary to float a grounded vessel.
- darning — a mending with interlaced stitches
- stitching — one complete movement of a threaded needle through a fabric or material such as to leave behind it a single loop or portion of thread, as in sewing, embroidery, or the surgical closing of wounds.
- hemming — to fold back and sew down the edge of (cloth, a garment, etc.); form an edge or border on or around.
- needlecraft — needlework.
- needlework — the art, process, or product of working with a needle, especially in embroidery, needlepoint, tapestry, quilting, and appliqué.
- ameliorating — Present participle of ameliorate.
- correcting — Present participle of correct.
- enhancing — Intensify, increase, or further improve the quality, value, or extent of.
- freshening — Present participle of freshen.
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.
- better — Better is the comparative of good.
- convalescent — Convalescent means relating to convalescence.