Mend vs Stean - What's the difference?
mend | stean |
A place, as in clothing, which has been repaired by mending.
The act of repairing.
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.
To alter for the better; to set right; to reform; hence, to quicken; as, to mend one's manners or pace.
* Sir W. Temple
To help, to advance, to further; to add to.
* Mortimer
* Shakespeare
To grow better; to advance to a better state; to become improved.
A vessel made of clay or stone; a pot of stone or earth.
A wall of brick, stone, or cement, used as a lining, as of a well, cistern, etc.; a steening.
A stone.
A large box of stones used for pressing cheese; a cheese-press.
To pelt with stones; throw stones at; stone.
To fit with stones; mend, line, pave, etc. with stones.
As verbs the difference between mend and stean
is that mend is to feed while stean is to pelt with stones; throw stones at; stone.As a noun stean is
a vessel made of clay or stone; a pot of stone or earth or stean can be a stone.mend
English
Noun
(en noun)- My trousers have a big rip in them and need a mend .
Derived terms
* on the mendVerb
(en verb)- 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 .
- Her stutter was mended by a speech therapist.
- My broken heart was mended .
- The best service they could do the state was to mend the lives of the persons who composed it.
- Though in some lands the grass is but short, yet it mends garden herbs and fruit.
- You mend the jewel by wearing it.
Derived terms
* mend one's paceSynonyms
* See alsoExternal links
* * * English ergative verbsstean
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) . Compare (l).Noun
(en noun)Derived terms
* (l)Etymology 2
From (etyl) stenen, from (etyl) . (got).Alternative forms
* (l)Verb
(en verb)- to stean a well