darn
verb
- to mend a hole in a knitted or woven garment or textile by sewing and re-weaving (with a needle and thread, yarn, etc.)
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /dɑɹn/ / /daːn/ / /dɑːn/
adj
Etymology: A minced oath of damn.
- Damn.
adv
Etymology: A minced oath of damn.
- Damned.
“But I ain't up to my baby tonight / 'Cause it's too darn hot”
“Of the two episodes, “Mortshall” is slightly weaker, while still being pretty darn good. I spent a lot of this season bemoaning the weaker entries, and like I said last time, it’s shit like this that makes me complain when stuff gets super dumb.”
intj
Etymology: A minced oath of damn.
- Damn.
noun
Etymology: From Middle English dernen (“to keep secret, hide, conceal (a hole)”), from Old English diernan (“to hide, conceal”), from Proto-West Germanic *darnijan, from Proto-West Germanic *darnī (“hidden, secret”). Related to Old English dyrne, dierne (“secret”, adjective).
- A place mended by darning.
verb
Etymology: From Middle English dernen (“to keep secret, hide, conceal (a hole)”), from Old English diernan (“to hide, conceal”), from Proto-West Germanic *darnijan, from Proto-West Germanic *darnī (“hidden, secret”). Related to Old English dyrne, dierne (“secret”, adjective).
- 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.”
“He spent every day ten hours in his closet, in reading his courses, dozing, clipping papers, or darning his stockings; which last he performed to admiration.”