Sewing

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Sew \Sew\, v. t. [imp. {Sewed}; p. p. {Sewed}, rarely {Sewn}; p.
     pr. & vb. n. {Sewing}.] [OE. sewen, sowen, AS. si['o]wian,
     s[imac]wian; akin to OHG. siuwan, Icel. s?ja, Sw. sy, Dan.
     sye, Goth. siujan, Lith. siuti, Russ, shite, L. ssuere, Gr.
     ????, Skr. siv. [root]156. Cf. {Seam} a suture, {Suture}.]
     1. To unite or fasten together by stitches, as with a needle


        and thread.
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              No man also seweth a piece of new cloth on an old
              garment.                              --Mark ii. 21.
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     2. To close or stop by ssewing; -- often with up; as, to sew
        up a rip.
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     3. To inclose by sewing; -- sometimes with up; as, to sew
        money in a bag.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Sewing \Sew"ing\, n.
     1. The act or occupation of one who sews.
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     2. That which is sewed with the needle.
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     {Sewing horse} (Harness making), a clamp, operated by the
        foot, for holding pieces of leather while being sewed.
  
     {Sewing machine}, a machine for sewing or stitching.
  
     {Sewing press}, or {Sewing table} (Bookbinding), a fixture or
        table having a frame in which are held the cords to which
        the back edges of folded sheets are sewed to form a book.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  sewing
       n 1: joining or attaching by stitches [syn: {stitching}]
       2: needlework that involves sewing; "she put her sewing back in
          the basket" [syn: {stitchery}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  72 Moby Thesaurus words for "sewing":
     Smyth sewing, applique, backing, baste, bibliopegy, bind,
     binder board, binding, book cloth, book cover, book jacket,
     bookbinding, bookcase, buttonhole, case, casemaking, casing-in,
     collating, collating mark, cover, crochet, cross-stitch,
     dust cover, dust jacket, embroider, fell, folding, footband,
     gather, gathering, gluing-off, hard binding, headband, jacket,
     knit, library binding, lining, lining-up, machine-stitch,
     mechanical binding, niggerhead, overcast, overhand,
     perfect binding, plastic binding, purl, quilt, renter, rounding,
     run, saddle stitching, saddle-stitch, seam, side sewing, signature,
     single-stitch, slipcase, slipcover, smashing, soft binding,
     spiral binding, stamping, stapling, tack, tailband, tat, tipping,
     trimming, whip, whipstitch, wire stitching, wrapper