Mend vs. Sew

Mendnoun

A place, as in clothing, which has been repaired by mending.

Sewverb

(transitive) To use a needle to pass thread repeatedly through (pieces of fabric) in order to join them together.

‘Balls were first made of grass or leaves held together by strings, and later of pieces of animal skin sewn together and stuffed with feathers or hay.’;

Mendnoun

The act of repairing.

‘My trousers have a big rip in them and need a mend.’;

Sewverb

(intransitive) To use a needle to pass thread repeatedly through pieces of fabric in order to join them together.

Mendverb

(transitive) To repair, as anything that is torn, broken, defaced, decayed, or the like; to restore from partial decay, injury, or defacement.

‘My trousers have a big rip in them and need mending.’; ‘When your car breaks down, you can take it to the garage to have it mended.’;

Sewverb

(transitive) To enclose by sewing.

‘to sew money into a bag’;

Mendverb

(transitive) To alter for the better; to set right; to reform; hence, to quicken; as, to mend one's manners or pace.

‘Her stutter was mended by a speech therapist.’; ‘My broken heart was mended.’;

Sewverb

To drain the water from.

Mendverb

(transitive) To help, to advance, to further; to add to.

Sewverb

(nautical) Of a ship, to be grounded.

Mendverb

(intransitive) To grow better; to advance to a better state; to become improved.

Sewnoun

Juice; gravy; a seasoned dish; a delicacy.

‘I will not tell of their strange sewes.’;

Mendverb

To repair, as anything that is torn, broken, defaced, decayed, or the like; to restore from partial decay, injury, or defacement; to patch up; to put in shape or order again; to re-create; as, to mend a garment or a machine.

Sewverb

To follow; to pursue; to sue.

Mendverb

To alter for the better; to set right; to reform; hence, to quicken; as, to mend one's manners or pace.

‘The best service they could do the state was to mend the lives of the persons who composed it.’;

Sewverb

To unite or fasten together by stitches, as with a needle and thread.

‘No man also seweth a piece of new cloth on an old garment.’;

Mendverb

To help, to advance, to further; to add to.

‘Though in some lands the grass is but short, yet it mends garden herbs and fruit.’; ‘You mend the jewel by the wearing it.’;

Sewverb

To close or stop by ssewing; - often with up; as, to sew up a rip.

Mendverb

To grow better; to advance to a better state; to become improved; to recover; to heal.

Sewverb

To inclose by sewing; - sometimes with up; as, to sew money in a bag.

Mendnoun

sewing or darning that repairs a worn or torn hole (especially in a garment);

‘her stockings had several mends’;

Sewverb

To practice sewing; to work with needle and thread.

Mendnoun

the act of putting something in working order again

Sewverb

To drain, as a pond, for taking the fish.

Mendverb

restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken;

‘She repaired her TV set’; ‘Repair my shoes please’;

Sewverb

fasten by sewing; do needlework

Mendverb

heal or recover;

‘My broken leg is mending’;

Sewverb

create (clothes) with cloth;

‘Can the seamstress sew me a suit by next week?’;

Sewverb

join, fasten, or repair (something) by making stitches with a needle and thread or a sewing machine

‘she sewed the seams and hemmed the border’; ‘I don't even sew very well’;

Sewverb

attach (something) to something else by sewing

‘she could sew the veil on properly in the morning’;

Sewverb

make (a garment) by sewing

‘the two sisters sewed their own dresses’;