mending

Converse of object

• need: Are you sure the church roof actually needs mending?
• want: The bible of 1727 is a little torn and wants mending.
• include: Description of school, pupils and curriculum, which included shoe mending.
• do: Mrs Bennion had a lady in to sew her clothes but the maids would do some mending.
• require: You don't want to begin with poor materials that may later require frequent mending.

Adjective modifier

• net: Like net mending it is an emminently social occasion with lots of people gathering around and talking.
• invisible: Although not invisible mending, the repair is not too obvious on a patterned seat.

Modifies a noun

• kit: I bought my two sons a little mending kit like the ones you find in hotels for repairing your clothes.
• fence: Due to taking stock and stocking takers, burst balloons and mending fences.
• process: When teeth first start to decay, minerals in saliva help mend the teeth, but the mending process requires fluoride to work properly.
• thing: I realize how much I value your mending things around the house now there's no one left to do it.
• net: Mending nets and gutting fish took many hours during the steam back then a few hours sleep before the next days hard work.

Noun used with modifier

• road: Possible privatization of road mending services cause some concern.
• fence: No fence mending or anything like that has taken place.
• gear: James Gear Order Thanks to all those who helped out at gear mending on Saturday.