darn

See also: darń

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɑɹn/
• IPA^(key): /daːn/
• 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

(deprecated template usage)

From Middle English dernen (“to keep secret, hide, conceal (a hole)”), from Old English diernan (“to hide, conceal”), from dyrne, dierne (“secret”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] 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／织补 (zh) (zhībǔ), 织补 (zh) (zhībǔ), 縫補／缝补 (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)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• 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