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