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Mend Common

Mend has 6 different meanings across 2 categories:

Noun · Verb

Definitions
Noun
1

sewing that repairs a worn or torn hole (especially in a garment)

"her stockings had several mends"

2

the act of putting something in working order again

3

A place, as in clothing, which has been repaired by mending.

Verb
1

restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken

"She repaired her TV set"

"Repair my shoes please"

2

heal or recover

"My broken leg is mending"

3

To repair, as anything that is torn, broken, defaced, decayed, or the like; to restore from partial decay, injury, or defacement.

Example Sentences
"her stockings had several mends" noun
"She repaired her TV set" verb
"Repair my shoes please" verb
"My broken leg is mending" verb
Related Terms
Antonyms
bust
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
sewing improvement better
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
darning patching care band aid restoration reconstruction restitution tinker fill piece cobble point trouble-shoot patch sole vamp heel darn
Rhyming Words
end bend hend vend lend pend send tend zend wend fend rend emend 3 end trend piend fiend shend anend unend
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