sew

Meaning

1. To use a needle to pass thread repeatedly through (pieces of fabric) in order to join them together.
2. To use a needle to pass thread repeatedly through pieces of fabric in order to join them together.
3. Followed by into: to enclose by sewing.

stitch

sew together

stitch together

join together

make by sewing

tack together

sew on

Frequency

Pronounced as (IPA)

/səʊ/

From Middle English sewen, seowen, sowen, from Old English siwian, seowian, seowan (“to sew, mend, patch, knit together, link, unite”), from Proto-Germanic *siwjaną (“to sew”), from Proto-Indo-European *syewh₁- (“to sew”). Cognate with Scots sew (“to sew”), North Frisian saie, sei (“to sew”), Saterland Frisian säie (“to sew”), Danish sy, Polish szyć, Russian шить (šitʹ), Swedish sy, Latin suō, Sanskrit सीव्यति (sī́vyati). Related to seam.

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