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darning

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Synonyms & Antonyms of darning

(Entry 1 of 2)

as in sewing, mending

Synonyms & Near Synonyms for darning

closing,
filling,
healing,
knitting,
mending,
patching,
plugging,
repair,
sealing,
sewing,
stitching,
suturing

implosion

combination,
combining,
connecting,
connection,
consolidation,
coupling,
joining,
junction,
linking,
merger,
merging,
unification,
union,
uniting

hill,
mound,
rise

bump,
bunch,
hump,
lump,
pimple,
swell,
swelling,
tumor

bulge,
camber,
convexity,
jut,
projection,
protrusion,
protuberance

Antonyms & Near Antonyms for darning

break,
crack,
fissure,
fracture,
rift,
rupture,
split,
tear

cut,
gash,
incision,
laceration,
notch,
rent,
rip,
slash,
slit

breach,
gap,
opening

darning

verb

present participle of darn

Synonyms & Antonyms of darning (Entry 2 of 2)

to close up with a series of interlacing stitches

in the old days, holes in socks had to be darned by hand

Synonyms for darning

sewing,
stitching,
suturing

Words Related to darning

mending,
patching,
repairing

basting,
easing,
felling,
finishing,
overcasting

cross-stitching,
embroidering

crocheting,
knitting,
quilting

Near Antonyms for darning

unsewing

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Thesaurus Entries Near darning

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