mend
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
sewing that repairs a worn or torn hole (especially in a garment)
her stockings had several mends
Types & categories
- stitchery hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 verb
restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken
She repaired her TV set
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- bust antonym
- repair derivation
- restoration derivation
- mender derivation
Sense 3 noun
the act of putting something in working order again
Types & categories
- improvement hypernym
- darning hyponym
- patching hyponym
- maintenance hyponym
- quick fix hyponym
- restoration hyponym
- reconstruction hyponym
- restitution hyponym
Related & opposite
- fix derivation
Sense 4 verb
heal or recover
My broken leg is mending
Types & categories
- improve hypernym
Related & opposite
- healing derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | patch up |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | patch |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | stitchery |
| 2 | antonym | Related & opposite | bust |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | repair |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | restoration |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | mender |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | improve |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | tinker |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | fill |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | patch |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | cobble |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | repoint |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | trouble-shoot |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | patch up |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | sole |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | revamp |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | reheel |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | darn |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | fix |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | improvement |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | darning |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | patching |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | maintenance |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | quick fix |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | restoration |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | reconstruction |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | restitution |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | healing |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | improve |