darning

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noun

A repair made by darning.

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Meanings

verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of darn
noundarning (plural darnings)

plural darnings

  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?

    1839, Frances Trollope, chapter I, in The Widow Barnaby. […], volume I, London: Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, page 15

Translations

Swedish stoppning
  • stoppningrepair

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

randing
Cite this entry
APA

darning. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/darning

MLA

“darning.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/darning. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “darning,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/darning.

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