Associations to the word «Mending»

Wiktionary

MENDING, verb. Present participle of mend
MENDING, noun. The act by which something is mended or repaired.

Dictionary definition

MENDING, noun. Garments that must be repaired.
MENDING, noun. The act of putting something in working order again.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats