darning
1
6.7
- noun
- /ˈdɑrnɪŋ/
:
remendado
- After she noticed a hole in her favorite sweater, she took out her sewing kit to do some darning.
- a darning needle
- darning socks
- a darning egg
And I would rather stick a darning needle in my eye than have to work out some of the logistics that Howard Gordon and Joel Sirnow and Bob Cochran did.
- And I would rather stick a darning needle in my eye than have to work out some of the logistics that Howard Gordon and Joel Sirnow and Bob Cochran did.
Examples
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This is not too bad, considering I do not have a darning needle, tape measure, crochet hook, or any stitch markers.
Blog text (23) -
They're as large as mine and are in her lap with her darning.
Fiction book (2001) -
Her eyes were on her darning again.
Fiction book (1993) -
She took up her darning.
Fiction book (2000) -
Now, Gretel, while I'm gone, you do your darning.
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"Bassam?" She dropped her darning and slapped her hands together in dismay.
Fiction book (1998) -
Weekdays were half school, half work; the children, who rose at five after their parents, did housework before school and darning or fancywork before bed.
Fiction book (1996) -
Or else: mending worn clothes, darning socks, stirring chowder, sweeping wooden floors, tending the fire, scouring the cookware.
Fiction book (1999) -
My grandmother taught me the art of darning socks to make them last longer.
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The old fabric showed signs of wear, so he spent the afternoon darning the holes to restore it.
Synonyms
23
2.3
The action of joining cloth pieces with a needle and thread
11
1.6
The act of fixing clothes or pieces of cloth that need repair
Antonyms
Compounds
- Archaic
A slender insect with bright shiny wings that eats mosquitoes and small insects
A climbing plant with many small creamy white flowers that grows over other plants
A slender flying insect with long body and clear wings often found near water
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Morphology
Etymology
Darning comes from the old verb darn, which means 'to mend'. It describes the simple act of weaving thread over a hole, like making new cloth where the old is worn. That's why darning means fixing clothes by sewing across holes or thin spots.