(~s, ~ing, ~ed)
1.
If you ~ something knitted or made of cloth, you mend a hole in it by sewing stitches across the hole and then weaving stitches in and out of them.
Aunt Emilie ~ed old socks...
VERB: V n
~ing
...chores such as sewing and ~ing.
N-UNCOUNT
2.
People sometimes use ~ or ~ed to emphasize what they are saying, often when they are annoyed. (INFORMAL)
There’s not a ~ thing he can do about it...
= damn, damned
ADJ: ADJ n emphasis
•
Darn is also an adverb.
...the desire to be free to do just as we ~ well please...
ADV: ADV adj/adv
3.
You can say I’ll be ~ed to show that you are very surprised about something. (AM INFORMAL)
‘A talking pig!’ he exclaimed. ‘Well, I’ll be ~ed.’
PHRASE feelings