darning
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darn 1
(därn)v. darned, darn·ing, darns
v. tr.
To mend (a garment, for example) by weaving thread or yarn across a gap or hole.
v. intr.
To repair a hole, as in a garment, by weaving thread or yarn across it.
n.
A hole repaired by weaving thread or yarn across it: a sock full of darns.
[Perhaps from Middle English dernen, to conceal, from dialectal Old English (Anglia) dernan, variant of Old English diernan, dyrnan; see dher- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.]
darn 2
(därn)interj.
Used to express dissatisfaction or annoyance.
adv. & adj.
Damn.
tr.v. darned, darn·ing, darns
To damn.
[Alteration of damn.]
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darn•ing
(ˈdɑr nɪŋ)n.
articles to be darned.
[1605–15]
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Noun | 1. | darning - the act of mending a hole in a garment with crossing threads |
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darning
[ˈdɑːnɪŋ]Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
darning
n → Stopfen nt; (= things to be darned) → Flick- or Stopfsachen pl, → Flickarbeit f; I’ve a lot of darning to do → ich habe viel zu stopfen
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
darning
[ˈdɑːnɪŋ]1. n (action) → rammendo; (items to be darned) → roba da rammendare
2. adj (needle, wool) → da rammendo
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995