stitch

Signification (Anglais)

1. A single pass of a needle in sewing; the loop or turn of the thread thus made.
2. An arrangement of stitches in sewing, or method of stitching in some particular way or style.
3. An intense stabbing pain under the lower edge of the ribcage, brought on by exercise or laughing.
4. A local sharp pain (anywhere); an acute pain, like the piercing of a needle.
5. A single turn of the thread round a needle in knitting; a link, or loop, of yarn
6. An arrangement of stitches in knitting, or method of knitting in some particular way or style.
7. A space of work taken up, or gone over, in a single pass of the needle.
8. A fastening, as of thread or wire, through the back of a book to connect the pages.
9. Any space passed over; distance.
10. (obsolete) A contortion, or twist.
11. (colloquial) Any least part of a fabric or clothing.
12. (obsolete) A furrow.
13. The space between two double furrows.

coudre

point

point de couture

points de suture

piquer avec un dard

coudre à la machine

sew together

stabbing pain

tack together

herringbone stitch

sharp pain

sudden pain

spasm of pain

griping pain

sew up together

surgical stitching

Fréquence

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/stɪt͡ʃ/

From Middle English stiche, from Old English stiċe (“a prick, puncture, stab, thrust with a pointed implement, pricking sensation, stitch, pain in the side, sting”), from Proto-West Germanic *stiki, from Proto-Germanic *stikiz (“prick, piercing, stitch”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)teyg- (“to stab, pierce”). Cognate with Dutch steek (“prick, stitch”), German Stich (“a prick, piercing, stitch”), Old English stician (“to stick, stab, pierce, prick”). More at stick.