"darning" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: darnings [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} darning (plural darnings)
  1. A repair made by darning. Derived forms: devil's darning needle Translations (repair): stoppning [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-darning-en-noun-3UNJyMtT

Verb

Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} darning
  1. present participle and gerund of darn Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: darn Derived forms: darning egg, darning last, darning mushroom, darning needle, darning wool
    Sense id: en-darning-en-verb-4KGWH~Le Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 21 79 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 22 78 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 19 81 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 15 85 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 14 86

Inflected forms

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      "word": "stoppning"
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