Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - darn
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Darn
darn
~1 v 1 to repair a hole in a piece of clothing by stitching wool over it (darning socks) 2 darn it! spoken used when you are annoyed about something (Darn it! I'll have to do it all myself!) 3 I'll be darned! spoken used when you are surprised about something (Did they really? Well, I'll be darned!) ~2 n a place where a hole in a piece of clothing has been repaired neatly with wool ~3 also darned ~ adj spoken used to emphasize how bad, stupid, unfair etc someone or something is (The darn fool got lost on the way.) - darn also darned adv (It was a darned good movie.)
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(darns, darning, darned) 1. If you darn something knitted or made of cloth, you mend a hole in it by sewing stitches across the hole and then weaving stitches in and out of them. Aunt Emilie darned old socks... VERB: V n • darning ...chores such as sewing and darning. N-UNCOUNT 2. People sometimes use darn or darned to emphasize what they are saying, often when they are annoyed. (INFORMAL) There’s not a darn thing he can do about it... = damn, damned ADJ: ADJ n c darkgreen]emphasis • Darn is also an adverb. ...the desire to be free to do just as we darn well please... ADV: ADV adj/adv 3. You can say I’ll be darned to show that you are very surprised about something. (AM INFORMAL) ‘A talking pig!’ he exclaimed. ‘Well, I’ll be darned.’ PHRASE c darkgreen]feelings ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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I. verb Etymology: perhaps from French dialect ~er Date: circa 1600 transitive verb 1. to mend with interlacing stitches 2. to embroider by filling in with long running or interlacing stitches intransitive verb to do ~ing • ~er noun II. noun Date: 1720 a place that has been ~ed a sweater full of ~s III. adjective or adverb also durn Etymology: euphemism Date: 1781 damned IV. verb also durn Date: 1781 damn • ~ed also durned adjective or adverb V. noun also durn Date: 1840 damn ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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1. v. & n. --v.tr. 1 mend (esp. knitted material, or a hole in it) by interweaving yarn across the hole with a needle. 2 embroider with a large running stitch. --n. a darned area in material. Phrases and idioms darning needle 1 a long needle with a large eye, used in darning. 2 US a dragonfly. Etymology: 16th c.: perh. f. obs. dern hide 2. v.tr., int., adj., & adv. (US durn) colloq. = DAMN (in imprecatory senses). Etymology: corrupt. of DAMN ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. заштопанное место, штопка 2. штопать, чинить 3. разг. проклятие Id: not to —- саге a darn совершенно не ннтересоваться, плевать; ни в грош не ставить Id: not worth a darn —- гроша ломаного не стоит 4. эвф. эмоц-усил. крайний it's a darn shame! —- стыд и срам! 5. проклинать; ругаться 6. в грам. знач. междометия проклятие! ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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I 1. noun заштопанное место; штопка 2. v. штопать; чинить Syn: see knit II 1. adj. проклятый, ужасный 2. v.; euphem. inst. of damn проклинать, ругаться ...Англо-русский словарь
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- "mend" c.1600, from M.Fr. darner "mend," from darne "piece," from Breton darn "piece, fragment, part." Alternative etymology is from O.E. diernan "to hide," from dierne "secret," from W.Gmc. *darnjaz. The tame curse word is 1781 Amer.Eng. euphemism for damn, probably infl. by 'tarnal, short for Eternal, as in By the Eternal (God), favorite exclamation of Andrew Jackson, among others. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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