Your shoes want mending.
Source: tatoeba (20132)
Mending
Synonyms for "mending" (87 found)
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Closest matches (18)
Strong matches (26)
enhancementenrichmenteugenicseuthenicsfixingfurtherancegreat leap forwardheadwayimprovementimprovingliftlooking upmaking rightmeliorationmeliorativemendon the lifton the mendongoingoverhaul
Related words (43)
Noun(15 words)
patchpatchingpiecingreconcilerecoveringreformremnant patchrepair operationrepairsreparationreparationsrestorationrestoresew upstitch up
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13 entriesCollocations
10 entriesmending a holemending a relationshipmending a tearmending clothesmending fabricmending kitmending projectmending sleevemending techniquemending techniques
Inflections
3 entriesDerivations
6 entriesSample sentences
11 total sentences available.
These new shoes already need mending.
Source: tatoeba (55567)
This watch wants mending.
Source: tatoeba (58920)
The children were mending their butterfly nets.
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