darn

See also: darń

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /dɑɹn/
• (New England) IPA^(key): /daːn/
• (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

• See Thesaurus:damned

Derived terms

• darn tootin'

Translations

damn — see damn

Adverb

darn (not comparable)

1. (degree, euphemistic) Damned.

Interjection

darn

1. (euphemistic) Damn.

Synonyms

• See Thesaurus:dammit

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.

   • (Can we date this quote by Jonathan Swift and provide title, author's full name, and other details?)

     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 (it)
• 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, rdna