Darns - English meaning

verb

Carry out (a task) badly or carelessly.

Usage examples:

He was accused of botching the job

noun

A bungled task.

Usage examples:

I've probably made a botch of things

verb

To spoil something by doing it badly

Usage examples:

He thinks the police botched the investigation.

noun

A heavy blow with the hand or a hard object.

Usage examples:

A clout round the ear

verb

Short for clout nail.

noun

Power and influence over other people or events

Usage examples:

The small firms banded together so they would have more clout in washington.

noun

A small round stone used to cover road surfaces.

Usage examples:

The sound of horses' hooves on the cobbles

verb

Roughly assemble or produce something from available parts or elements.

Usage examples:

The film was imperfectly cobbled together from two separate stories

noun

A rounded stone used on the surface of an old-fashioned road

Usage examples:

The cart rumbled over the cobbles.

verb

Repair (something that is broken or damaged).

Usage examples:

Workmen were mending faulty cabling

noun

A repair in a material.

Usage examples:

The mend was barely visible

noun

A piece of cloth or other material used to mend or strengthen a torn or weak point.

Usage examples:

The jacket was of well-worn tweed with leather patches on the elbows

verb

Mend or strengthen (fabric or clothing) with a patch.

Usage examples:

Her jeans were neatly patched

noun

A small part of a surface that is different in some way from the area around it

Usage examples:

Watch for patches of ice on the road., we have a small vegetable patch (= area for growing vegetabl…

verb

Strengthen or support (an object or substance), especially with additional material.

Usage examples:

The helmet has been reinforced with a double layer of cork

Strengthen and support

noun

The action or process of reinforcing or strengthening.

Usage examples:

Older electricity mains required reinforcement to meet increased demand

verb

Restore (something damaged, faulty, or worn) to a good condition.

Usage examples:

Faulty electrical appliances should be repaired by an electrician

noun

The action of repairing something.

Usage examples:

The truck was beyond repair

noun

Frequent or habitual visiting of a place.

Usage examples:

She exhorted repair to the church

noun

A loop of thread or yarn resulting from a single pass or movement of the needle in sewing, knitting, or crocheting.

Usage examples:

There's the strong likelihood of my stitches sliding off my needles with every movement.

verb

Make, mend, or join (something) with stitches.

Usage examples:

Stitch a plain seam with right sides together

noun

A piece of thread sewn in cloth, or the single movement of a needle and thread into and out of the cloth that produces this

Usage examples:

She sewed neat, firm stitches., a cut on his left ankle required six stitches., i got a stitch whil…

noun

(in jazz and popular music) a short, simple introductory passage, usually repeated several times until otherwise instructed.

Usage examples:

The title track has an overlong vamp

verb

Repair or improve something.

Usage examples:

The production values have been vamped up

verb

Blatantly set out to attract.

Usage examples:

She had not vamped him like some wicked jezebel