Darning

noun, verb

noun, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A repair made by darning.

    "Who has told of the turnings, the dyings, the ironings, the darnings, that have gone to make misses of ten pounds a-year pin-money look as smart as the squanderer of five hundred?"

  2. 2
    the act of mending a hole in a garment with crossing threads wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of darn form-of, gerund, participle, present

Synonyms

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damnmendabsoluteaccurseanathematizeblamed

Example

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"I have an early memory of my grandmother darning socks."

Related phrases

darning eggdarning lastdarning mushroomdarning needledarning wooldevil's darning needle

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