transitive. To sew together (two edges of a tear); to mend (a hole or tear in a garment). Cf. to draw up 3 at phrasal verbs 1, fine-draw, v. 1. Obs…
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| 释义 | the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > sewing or ornamenting textile fabric > sew or ornament textile fabric [verb (transitive)] > sew > repair or mend (9) draw1592 transitive. To sew together (two edges of a tear); to mend (a hole or tear in a garment). Cf. to draw up 3 at phrasal verbs 1, fine-draw, v. 1. Obs… darnc1600 transitive. To mend (clothes, etc., esp. stockings) by filling-in a hole or rent with yarn or thread interwoven so as to form a kind of texture… to draw up1603 transitive. To mend (a hole or tear in a garment) by drawing the edges together with thread or yarn. Cf. sense 15. Now rare. ranter1607 transitive. Chiefly Scottish. To darn, mend, sew; to stitch together. Also figurative. fine-draw1665 transitive. To draw or sew together (two pieces of material or two edges of a tear) so that the join is imperceptible; to mend (a garment)… clobber1851 transitive. To patch up, cobble. plain-darn1880 transitive to darn using the basic stitch. Subcategories:— invisibly (1) — darn in order to strengthen (1) |
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