MENDING

repair, fix, fixing, fixture, mend, mending, reparation

(noun) the act of putting something in working order again

mending

(noun) garments that must be repaired

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Verb

mending

present participle of mend

Noun

mending (plural mendings)

The act by which something is mended or repaired.

Source: Wiktionary

MEND

Mend, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Mended; p. pr. & vb. n. Mending.] Etym: [Abbrev. fr. amend. See Amend.]

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.

2. To alter for the better; to set right; to reform; hence, to quicken; as, to mend one's manners or pace. The best service they could do the state was to mend the lives of the persons who composed it. Sir W. Temple.

3. To help, to advance, to further; to add to. Though in some lands the grass is but short, yet it mends garden herbs and fruit. Mortimer. You mend the jewel by the wearing it. Shak.

Syn.

– To improve; help; better; emend; amend; correct; rectify; reform.

Mend, v. i.

Definition: To grow better; to advance to a better state; to become improved. Shak.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition