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darn
English
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /d??n/
- (New England) IPA(key): /da?n/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /d??n/
- Rhymes: -??(?)n
Etymology 1
A minced oath of damn.
Adjective
darn (not comparable)
- (euphemistic) Damn.
Synonyms
- See Thesaurus:damned
Derived terms
- darn tootin'
Translations
Adverb
darn (not comparable)
- (degree, euphemistic) Damned.
Interjection
darn
- (euphemistic) Damn.
Synonyms
- See Thesaurus:dammit
Derived terms
- darn tootin'
Translations
Verb
darn (third-person singular simple present darns, present participle darning, simple past and past participle darned)
- (transitive) Euphemism of damn.
Synonyms
- dang
- damn
Translations
Etymology 2
From Middle English dernen (“to keep secret, hide, conceal (a hole)”), from Old English diernan (“to hide, conceal”), from dyrne, dierne (“secret”), from Proto-West Germanic *darn? (“hidden, secret”).
Verb
darn (third-person singular simple present darns, present participle darning, simple past and past participle darned)
- (transitive, sewing) To repair by stitching with thread or yarn, particularly by using a needle to construct a weave across a damaged area of fabric.
- I need to darn these socks again.
- c. 1703-1720, Jonathan Swift, An Essay on the Fates of Clergymen
- He spent every day ten hours in his closet, in darning his stockings.
Usage notes
Predominantly used to described repairs to stockings or socks. The frequency of references to both follows their general prominence with references to stockings being more historically prominent and references to socks being more recently prominent.
Related terms
- darning needle
Translations
Noun
darn (plural darns)
- A place mended by darning.
Further reading
- Darning on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
- -andr-, DNAR, DNRA, Nard, RAND, Rand, andr-, nard, rDNA, rand, rdna
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sarn
English
Etymology
Welsh sarn (“a causeway, paving”).
This SARN could be linked to the Latin root of STRATA that gave ESTRÉE in Old French "road". In that case SARN might have been an ancient *STERNA/STARNA/STRANA/STRONA "thing that is strewn". This root is indo-european.
Noun
sarn (plural sarns)
- (Britain, dialect) A pavement or stepping stone.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Johnson to this entry?)
Anagrams
- Arns, Nasr, RNAS, RNAs, sRNA, snar, srna
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sarn/
Noun
sarn f
- genitive plural of sarna
- Synonym: saren
Further reading
- sarn in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Veps
Etymology
Related to Finnish saarna.
Noun
sarn
- tale
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