darn
Pronunciation Adjective
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Pronunciation Adjective
darn (not comparable)
- (euphemistic) Damn.
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darn (not comparable)
- (degree, euphemistic) Damned.
- (euphemistic) Damn.
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darn (darns, present participle darning; past and past participle darned)
- (transitive) Euphemism of damn.
darn (darns, present participle darning; past and past participle darned)
- (transitive, sewing) To repair by stitching with thread or yarn, particularly by using a needle to construct a weave across a damaged area of fabric.
- I need to darn these socks again.
- c. 1703-1720, Jonathan Swift, An Essay on the Fates of Clergymen
- He spent every day ten hours in his closet, in darning his stockings.
- French: repriser
- German: stopfen
- Italian: rammendare
- Portuguese: remendar
- Russian: што́пать
- Spanish: zurcir, surcir
darn (plural darns)
- A place mended by darning.
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