darn

See also: darń

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /dɑɹn/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /dɑːn/

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• Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)n

Etymology 1

minced oath of damn

Adjective

darn (not comparable)

1. (euphemistic) Damn.

Synonyms

• For semantic relationships of this term, see damned in the Thesaurus.

Derived terms

• darn tootin'

Translations

damn — see damn

Adverb

darn (not comparable)

1. (degree, euphemistic) Damned.

Interjection

darn

1. (euphemistic) Damn.

Synonyms

• For semantic relationships of this term, see dammit in the Thesaurus.

Derived terms

• darn tootin'

Translations

damn — see damn

Verb

darn (third-person singular simple present darns, present participle darning, simple past and past participle darned)

1. (transitive) Euphemism of damn.

Synonyms

• dang
• damn

Translations

damn — see damn

Etymology 2

From Middle English dernen (“to keep secret, hide, conceal (a hole)”), from Old English diernan (“to hide, conceal”), from dyrne, dierne (“secret”), from Proto-Germanic *darnijaz (“secret”). More at dern.

Verb

Darning.

darn (third-person singular simple present darns, present participle darning, simple past and past participle darned)

1. (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.

   • Jonathan Swift

     He spent every day ten hours in his closet, in darning his stockings.

Related terms

• darning needle

Translations

stitch with thread

• Bulgarian: замрежвам (bg) (zamrežvam), закърпвам (bg) (zakǎrpvam)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 織補 (zh), 织补 (zh) (zhībǔ), 縫補 (zh), 缝补 (zh) (féngbǔ)

• Czech: štupovat
• Dutch: stoppen (nl)
• Finnish: parsia (fi)
• French: repriser (fr)
• Georgian: კემსვა (ḳemsva), ნემსვა (nemsva)
• German: stopfen (de)
• Greek: μαντάρω (el) (mantáro)
• Hungarian: stoppol (hu)
• Ido: darnar (io)

• Irish: dearnáil
• Italian: rammendare
• Japanese: かがる (kagaru), 繕う (ja) (つくろう, tsukurou)
• Norman: dèrner
• Polish: cerować (pl)
• Portuguese: remendar (pt)
• Russian: што́пать (ru) impf (štópatʹ)
• Slovak: štopkať
• Spanish: zurcir (es), surcir (es)
• Swedish: stoppa (sv)
• Vietnamese: mạng (vi)

Noun

darn (plural darns)

1. A place mended by darning.

Further reading

• Darning on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• DNAR, DNRA, Nard, RAND, Rand, andr-, nard, rDNA, rand