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zurcir — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • darn verb To mend a hole or worn patch in fabric by weaving thread back and forth across it.
  • mend verb To repair something that is broken, torn, or damaged.

Senses

zurcir is used for these senses in English:

  • darn (transitive, sewing) To repair by stitching with thread or yarn, particularly by using a needle to construct a weave across a damaged area of fabric.
  • mend (figurative) To add one or more things in order to improve (something, especially wages); to supplement; also, to remedy a shortfall in (something).

darn — full definition

  1. verb To mend a hole or worn patch in fabric by weaving thread back and forth across it.
  2. intj A mild exclamation of annoyance, used as a softened substitute for "damn."

mend — full definition

  1. verb To repair something that is broken, torn, or damaged.
  2. verb To put right a fault, error, or bad situation; to improve or correct it.
  3. verb Of an illness, injury, or person: to heal or get better.
  4. noun A repair, or the place where something has been repaired.
  5. noun Used in the phrase "on the mend": recovering, getting better after illness.

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