Sew

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  • intransitive verb. To make, repair, or fasten by stitching, as with a needle and thread or a sewing machine.
  • intransitive verb. To furnish with stitches for the purpose of closing, fastening, or attaching.
  • intransitive verb. To work with a needle and thread or with a sewing machine.
  • phrasal verb. To complete successfully.
  • phrasal verb. To gain complete control of; monopolize.
  • phrasal verb. To make sure of.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • An obsolete spelling of sue.
  • An obsolete or dialectal preterit of sow.
  • To unite, join, or attach by means of a thread, twine, wire, or other flexible material, with or without the aid of a needle, awl, or other tool.
  • To put together or construct, or to repair, as a garment, by means of a needle and thread.
  • To serve at table, as by carving, tasting, etc.
  • In bookbinding, to pass the thread separately through the creased fold of each section of (an unbound book).
  • noun. Juice; broth; gravy; hence, a pottage; a made dish.
  • noun. A drain; a sewer.
  • To drain dry, as land; drain off, as water.
  • In falconry, to wipe: said of a hawk that cleans its beak.
  • To ooze out.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • transitive verb. To drain, as a pond, for taking the fish.
  • transitive verb. To follow; to pursue; to sue.
  • noun. Juice; gravy; a seasoned dish; a delicacy.
  • intransitive verb. To practice sewing; to work with needle and thread.
  • transitive verb. To unite or fasten together by stitches, as with a needle and thread.
  • transitive verb. To close or stop by ssewing; -- often with up.
  • transitive verb. To inclose by sewing; -- sometimes with up.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • verb. To use a needle to pass thread repeatedly through (pieces of fabric) in order to join them together.
  • verb. To use a needle to pass thread repeatedly through pieces of fabric in order to join them together.
  • verb. To drain, as a pond, for taking the fish.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • verb. fasten by sewing; do needlework
  • verb. create (clothes) with cloth
  • Word Usage
    "I think one of the mistakes women make when they want to learn to sew, is to pay for an expensive course that makes it a complicated and unhappy experience."
    Antonyms
    Words with the opposite meaning
    rip  
    Form
    sewed  sewing  sewn  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Au  Beau  Bio  Bo  Bordeaux  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    bathe  cook  cookery  embroidery  jewelry  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    variant
    sewn  
    verb-form
    sewed  sewing  sewn  sews  
    verb-stem
    sow