āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
to darn
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āĻ¸ā§āĻ˛āĻžāĻ āĻāĻ°āĻž, āĻŽā§āĻ°āĻžāĻŽāĻ¤ āĻāĻ°āĻž
to mend a hole or worn area in fabric by sewing
Transitive: to darn a piece of clothes
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
He sat by the fire, quietly darning his torn sweater.
āĻ¸ā§ āĻāĻā§āĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻĒāĻžāĻļā§ āĻŦāĻ¸ā§, āĻ¨āĻŋāĻāĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻā§ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻā§āĻāĻĄāĻŧāĻž āĻ¸ā§āĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻāĻžāĻ° āĻ¸ā§āĻ˛āĻžāĻ āĻāĻ°āĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤
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āĻ¸ā§āĻ˛āĻžāĻ, āĻ¤āĻžāĻ˛āĻŋ
stitching used to repair a hole or worn spot in fabric
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
She admired the neat darn her grandmother had made.
āĻ¸ā§ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻ āĻžāĻā§āĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻ¤ā§āĻ°āĻŋ āĻāĻ°āĻž āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻĒāĻžāĻāĻŋ āĻ¸ā§āĻ˛āĻžāĻāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻ° āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻļāĻāĻ¸āĻž āĻāĻ°āĻ˛āĨ¤
02
āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻ¤ā§āĻā§āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋāĻ¸, āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻā§āĻāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āĻāĻ° āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻ¤ā§
something considered worthless or insignificant
Informal
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
I do n't care a darn what they think.
āĻ¤āĻžāĻ°āĻž āĻā§ āĻāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻ¤āĻž āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻāĻĻāĻŽ āĻĒāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤āĻž āĻĻāĻŋāĻ āĻ¨āĻžāĨ¤
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āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻļāĻžāĻĒ, āĻ§ā§āĻ°
used to express mild frustration, annoyance, or disappointment
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
Darn, I forgot to bring my umbrella, and it's raining.
āĻ§ā§āĻ°, āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻ¤āĻž āĻāĻ¨āĻ¤ā§ āĻā§āĻ˛ā§ āĻā§āĻāĻŋ āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻŦā§āĻˇā§āĻāĻŋ āĻšāĻā§āĻā§āĨ¤
āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāĻ¤āĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻžāĻ
darned
darner
darning
darn
āĻ¨āĻŋāĻāĻāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ
