darnverb [ T ]
uk/dɑːn/us/dɑːrn/to repair a hole or a piece of clothing with long stitches across the hole and other stitches across them:
She still darns the holes in her socks.
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Knitting & sewing
- appliqué
- backing
- baste
- bind
- bobbin
- bodkin
- cable stitch
- hem
- knit
- knitter
- knitting
- knitting needle
- needle
- sew sth up
- sewing
- sewing machine
- shorten
- skein
- spinner
- tack
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darn
noun [ C ] ukus
darnexclamation
uk/dɑːn/us/dɑːrn/informalused instead of damn to express anger:
Darn it! There goes my bus!
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Expressions of anger
- bally
- biscuit
- blast
- blasted
- bleeding
- bloody
- dare
- dash
- flip
- flipping
- for crying out loud! idiom
- freaking
- frigging
- pipe
- precious
- sodding
- that (really) takes the biscuit idiom
- that does it! idiom
- what a business! idiom
- what do you mean? idiom
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darnadjective [ before noun ]
uk/dɑːn//dɑːrn/also darned, informalused to emphasize what you are saying:
She runs so darn fast!
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Linguistics: intensifying expressions
- a heck of a sth/sb idiom
- a load of crap, nonsense, rubbish, etc. idiom
- all the way idiom
- annoy, frighten, scare, etc. the hell out of sb idiom
- anything
- as... as anything idiom
- clear
- core
- do you hear? idiom
- extreme
- hell of a idiom
- I'll be hanged if... idiom
- leastways
- like a ton of bricks idiom
- long
- more than idiom
- mortally
- out-and-out
- to hell idiom
- to the core idiom
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