How to pronounce darn

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What darn means

verb

Most people know darn in its everyday sense. Here's its other meaning.

To mend a hole in cloth by weaving thread across it

In a sentence: Grandma darned the hole in the heel of my wool sock with blue yarn.

Where it comes from: It comes from the Middle English dernen, to hide or cover up, as you cover up a hole. The darn that people say when annoyed is a different word.

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