DARNING Synonyms: 76 Similar and Opposite Words

darning 1 of 2

noun

as in sewing

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darning

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verb

present participle of darn

as in stitching

to close up with a series of interlacing stitches in the old days, holes in socks had to be darned by hand

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unsewing

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Recent Examples of darning

Verb

By Jennifer Barger Special to The Washington Post One dusty family photo album in my attic holds black-and-white snapshots of my mother and grandmother darning their socks in the early 1950s. — The Washington Post, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 July 2026

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Noun

The 6 percent productivity gain, in particular, was a big finding, Gudwin said, especially because it was limited to the sewing line.

— Jasmin Malik Chua, Footwear News, 31 July 2026
During this time, Saar made extra money by designing and sewing costumes at her kitchen table.

— News Desk, Artforum, 28 July 2026

Definition of sewing

Verb

These colonial reenactors spend their free time stitching historically accurate uniforms and portraying Revolutionary War figures.

— Maureen O'Hare, CNN Money, 4 July 2026
The city was full of people doing the same thing, with hundreds of little factories stitching and pressing petals in the buildings above the button guys and the zipper guys and the thread guys.

— jeanne malle, Air Mail, 4 July 2026

Definition of stitching

Noun

Try pottery, woodworking, knitting, crochet, embroidery, quilting, jewelry making, or even floral arranging.

— Jessica Safavimehr, Southern Living, 30 July 2026
Finnish labels frequently work through atelier practices, limited releases and surplus materials, while traditional textile skills continue to influence designers experimenting with knitting, print and surface design.

— Brett F. Braley-Palko, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026

Definition of knitting

Verb

The company says the system would be able to perform hemorrhage control, wound repair, chest decompression, shrapnel extraction, and field suturing, stabilizing the patient until evacuation can be carried out.

— Abhishek Bhardwaj, Interesting Engineering, 9 Apr. 2026
The issue was surrounding his leg amputation surgery, a procedure that involves stretching the muscles and suturing them to provide the bone with padding.

— Jacob Louraine, Kansas City Star, 6 Mar. 2026

Definition of suturing

Noun

The hotel also emphasizes a repair-don’t-replace ethos with building appliances, and uses refillable bottles for all of its toiletries.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 Aug. 2026
Martha fell in love with the restoration process, and embraced home repair, design and gardening along the way.

— Janine Henni, PEOPLE, 3 Aug. 2026

Definition of repair

Verb

Taiwan and its willing partners should also conduct exercises that specifically focus on preparing the island’s ports to operate under crisis conditions and to practice mitigating and repairing damage.

— Eugene Gholz, Foreign Affairs, 4 Aug. 2026
Given the cost and downtime of repairing the grounds year after year, some had hoped the festival would help pay for wastewater and flood management in and around upper and lower Hutchinson Field, where most big event action takes place.

— Evgenia Anastasakos, Chicago Tribune, 3 Aug. 2026

Definition of repairing

Noun

That gradually began to change over a few hours of Colquitt’s patient mending, shadowing, blushing, and eyelash-affixing.

— John Semley, Harpers Magazine, 28 July 2026
Which means there’s some relationship-mending to do with Brandon Ingram, who was on the first plane out in the deal for the former Raptors star.

— Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 25 July 2026

Definition of mending

Noun

One of Reiter’s closing observations was that, in his view, nuclear power doesn’t belong on drones and airplanes.

— John Werner, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026
The knockout finally arrived in the fourth, with France’s two-run single closing the book on the 25-year-old rookie.

— Jeff Sanders, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Aug. 2026

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