Found 5 hits - Term: darn, Database: *, Strategy: exact
- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
darn \darn\, n.
a place mended by darning.
1913 webster
- [2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
darn \darn\, v. t.
a colloquial euphemism for damn.
1913 webster
see also:
damn
- [3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
darn \darn\ daumrn, v. t. imp. p. p. darned
daumrnd; p. pr. vb. n. darning. oe. derne, prob. of
celtic origin; cf. w. darnio to piece, break in pieces, w.
arm. to e. tear. cf. tear, v. t.
to mend as a rent or hole, with interlacing stitches of yarn
or thread by means of a needle; to sew together with yarn or
thread.
1913 webster
he spent every day ten hours in his closet, in darning
his stockings. --swift.
1913 webster
darning last. see under last.
darning needle.
a a long, strong needle for mending holes or rents,
especially in stockings.
b zool. any species of dragon fly, having a long,
cylindrical body, resembling a needle. these flies are
harmless and without stings.
note: in this sense, usually written with a hyphen. called
also devil's darning-needle.
1913 webster
see also:
darned darning tear darning last last darning needle
devil's darning-needle
- [4] : WordNet (r) 2.0
darn
n 1: a euphemism for `damn'
2: something of little value; "his promise is not worth a
damn"; "not worth one red cent"; "not worth shucks" syn:
damn, hoot, red cent, shit, shucks, tinker's
damn, tinker's dam
3: sewing or darning that repairs a worn or torn hole
especially in a garment; "her stockings had several
mends" syn: mend, patch
v : repair by sewing; "darn socks"
see also:
damn hoot red cent shit shucks tinker's damn
tinker's dam mend patch
- [5] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
54 moby thesaurus words for "darn":
absolute, accurse, anathematize, blamed, blankety-blank, blaspheme,
blast, blasted, blessed, cobble, commission, condition, confound,
confounded, curse, cursed, cussed, damn, do up, doctor, doggone,
downright, excommunicate, execrate, fix, fix up, fulminate against,
hex, imprecate, infernal, mend, outright, overhaul, patch,
patch up, positive, put in commission, put in order, put in repair,
put in shape, ready, recap, recondition, repair, retread, service,
set to rights, sew up, straight-out, throw a whammy,
thunder against, tinker, tinker up, unmitigated
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