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stitch
[stich]
noun
one complete movement of a threaded needle through a fabric or material such as to leave behind it a single loop or portion of thread, as in sewing, embroidery, or the surgical closing of wounds.
a loop or portion of thread disposed in place by one such movement in sewing.
to rip out stitches.
a particular mode of disposing the thread in sewing or the style of work produced by one such method.
one complete movement of the needle or other implement used in knitting, crocheting, netting, tatting, etc.
the portion of work produced.
a thread, bit, or piece of any fabric or of clothing.
to remove every stitch of clothes.
the least bit of anything.
He wouldn't do a stitch of work.
a sudden, sharp pain, especially in the intercostal muscles.
a stitch in the side.
verb (used with object)
to work upon, join, mend, or fasten with or as if with stitches; sew (often followed bytogether ).
to stitch together flour sacks to make curtains; a plan that was barely stitched together.
to ornament or embellish with stitches.
to stitch a shirt with a monogram.
verb (used without object)
to make stitches, join together, or sew.
stitch
/ ɪʃ /
noun
a link made by drawing a thread through material by means of a needle
a loop of yarn formed around an implement used in knitting, crocheting, etc
a particular method of stitching or shape of stitch
a sharp spasmodic pain in the side resulting from running or exercising
informal(usually used with a negative) the least fragment of clothing
he wasn't wearing a stitch
agriculture the ridge between two furrows
to allow a loop of wool to fall off a knitting needle accidentally while knitting
informallaughing uncontrollably
verb
(tr) to sew, fasten, etc, with stitches
(intr) to be engaged in sewing
(tr) to bind together (the leaves of a book, pamphlet, etc) with wire staples or thread
Other Word Forms
- stitcher noun
- stitchlike adjective
- restitch verb (used with object)
- unstitch verb
- unstitched adjective
- well-stitched adjective
- ˈپٳ noun
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of stitch1
Idioms and Phrases
in stitches, convulsed with laughter.
The comedian had us in stitches all evening.
Example Sentences
The women chose to stitch on to their panel the houses of Camden, where Michael lived, and the tree of life, to represent the parks in London he was fond of.
We were in good shape with 2016’s “The Shallows”; Blake Lively playing a doctor named Nancy who has a passion for surfing when she’s not stitching up patients is great, solid groundwork to build upon.
"It is a little sad, isn’t it? One more quiet thread snipped in the broader unraveling of neighborhood-ness. Of the small, repetitive exchanges that used to stitch a life together."
It’s an illusion of life, stitched together from bits and pieces.
The various elements of the sequence were stitched together during postproduction, with the final scenes completed just weeks before the episode aired.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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