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DARN
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Sewing that repairs a worn or torn hole (especially in a garment)
Example:
her stockings had several mends
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("darn" is a kind of...):
sewing; stitchery (needlework on which you are working with needle and thread)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Something of little value
Example:
not worth shucks
Synonyms:
damn; darn; hoot; red cent; shit; shucks; tinker's dam; tinker's damn
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("darn" is a kind of...):
ineptitude; worthlessness (having no qualities that would render it valuable or useful)
II. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they darn ... he / she / it darns
Past simple: darned
Past participle: darned
-ing form: darning
Sense 1
Meaning:
Repair by sewing
Example:
darn socks
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "darn" is one way to...):
bushel; doctor; fix; furbish up; mend; repair; restore; touch on (restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken)
"Darn" entails doing...:
run up; sew; sew together; stitch (fasten by sewing; do needlework)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Derivation:
darner (a person who mends by darning)
darning (the act of mending a hole in a garment with crossing threads)
Context examples:
So I have got his things in order, and knit heels into two pairs of the socks, for they were boggled out of shape with his queer darns.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
That's it! said Jo to herself, when she at length discovered that genuine good will toward one's fellow men could beautify and dignify even a stout German teacher, who shoveled in his dinner, darned his own socks, and was burdened with the name of Bhaer.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
