Synonyms of the word mending


MENDINGFIX - FIXING - FIXTURE - GARMENT - IMPROVEMENT - MEND - REPAIR - REPARATION

mending

  • v. present participle of mend.
  • n. The act by which something is mended or repaired.

fix

  • n. A repair or corrective action.
  • n. A difficult situation; a quandary or dilemma.
  • n. (informal) A single dose of an addictive drug administered to a drug user.
  • n. A prearrangement of the outcome of a supposedly competitive process, such as a sporting event, a game,…
  • n. A determination of location.
  • n. (US) fettlings (mixture used to line a furnace).
  • v. (transitive, obsolete) To pierce; now generally replaced by transfix.
  • v. (transitive) To attach; to affix; to hold in place or at a particular time.
  • v. (transitive) To mend, to repair.
  • v. (transitive, informal) To prepare (food).
  • v. (transitive) To make (a contest, vote, or gamble) unfair; to privilege one contestant or a particular…
  • v. (transitive, US, informal) To surgically render an animal, especially a pet, infertile.
  • v. (transitive, mathematics, sematics) To map a (point or subset) to itself.
  • v. (transitive, informal) To take revenge on, to best; to serve justice on an assumed miscreant.
  • v. (transitive) To render (a photographic impression) permanent by treating with such applications as will…
  • v. (transitive, chemistry, biology) To convert into a stable or available form.
  • v. (intransitive) To become fixed; to settle or remain permanently; to cease from wandering; to rest.
  • v. (intransitive) To become firm, so as to resist volatilization; to cease to flow or be fluid; to congeal;…

fixing

  • n. The act of subverting (fixing) a vote.
  • n. (Britain, usually in the plural) Something to aid attachment during construction (screws, wall plugs,…
  • n. See fixings.
  • v. present participle of fix.
  • v. (Southern US, slang, with infinitive) Going; preparing; ready. Only used in fixing to.

fixture

  • n. (law) Something that is fixed in place, especially a permanent appliance or other item of personal property…
  • n. A regular patron of a place or institution.
  • n. A lighting unit; a luminaire.
  • n. (sports) A scheduled match.
  • n. (computing, programming) A state that can be recreated, used as a baseline for running software tests.
  • n. A work-holding or support device used in the manufacturing industry.
  • v. (transitive) To furnish with, as, or in a fixture.
  • v. (transitive, sports, Australia, New Zealand) To schedule (a match).

garment

  • n. A single item of clothing.

improvement

  • n. The act of improving; advancement or growth; a bettering.
  • n. The act of making profitable use or application of anything, or the state of being profitably employed;…
  • n. The state of being improved; betterment; advance.
  • n. Something which is improved.
  • n. Increase; growth; progress; advance.
  • n. (in the plural) Valuable additions or betterments, for example buildings, clearings, drains, fences, etc…
  • n. (Patent Laws): A useful addition to, or modification of, a machine, manufacture, or composition.

mend

  • n. A place, as in clothing, which has been repaired by mending.
  • n. The act of repairing.
  • v. To repair, as anything that is torn, broken, defaced, decayed, or the like; to restore from partial decay,…
  • v. To alter for the better; to set right; to reform; hence, to quicken; as, to mend one's manners or pace.
  • v. To help, to advance, to further; to add to.
  • v. To grow better; to advance to a better state; to become improved.

repair

  • n. The act of repairing something.
  • n. The result of repairing something.
  • n. The condition of something, in respect of need for repair.
  • v. To restore to good working order, fix, or improve damaged condition; to mend; to remedy.
  • v. To make amends for, as for an injury, by an equivalent; to indemnify for.
  • n. The act of repairing or resorting to a place.
  • n. A place to which one goes frequently or habitually; a haunt.
  • v. To transfer oneself to another place.
  • v. to pair again.

reparation

  • n. (usually in the plural) A payment of time, effort or money to undo past transgression(s).
  • n. (archaic) The act of renewing, restoring, etc., or the state of being renewed or repaired.

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