stitch
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[edit] English
[edit] Pronunciation
[edit] Etymology 1
Old English stiċe
[edit] Noun
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stitch (plural stitches)
- A single pass of a needle in sewing; the loop or turn of the thread thus made.
- An arrangement of stitches in sewing, or method of stitching in some particular way or style.
- cross stitch
- herringbone stitch
- (sports) An intense stabbing pain under the lower edge of the ribcage, caused by internal organs pulling downwards on the diaphragm during exercise.
- A single turn of the thread round a needle in knitting; a link, or loop, of yarn
- drop a stitch
- take up a stitch
- An arrangement of stitches in knitting, or method of knitting in some particular way or style.
- A space of work taken up, or gone over, in a single pass of the needle.
- Hence, by extension, any space passed over; distance.
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- You have gone a good stitch. — John Bunyan.
- In Syria the husbandmen go lightly over with their plow, and take no deep stitch in making their furrows. — Holland.
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- A local sharp pain; an acute pain, like the piercing of a needle.
- a stitch in the side
- Gilbert Burnet
- He was taken with a cold and with stitches, which was, indeed, a pleurisy.
- (obsolete) A contortion, or twist.
- Marston
- If you talk, Or pull your face into a stitch again, I shall be angry.
- Marston
- (colloquial) Any least part of a fabric or dress.
- to wet every stitch of clothes.
- She didn't have a stitch on
- A furrow. (Chapman)
[edit] Translations
single pass of the needle in sewing
an intense stabbing pain under the lower edge of the ribcage
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single turn of the thread in knitting
arrangement of stitches or method of stitching in knitting
space of work gone over in a single pass of the needle
any space passed over; distance
obsolete: a contortion, or twist
colloquial: any least part of a fabric or dress
furrow — see furrow
[edit] Etymology 2
From Old English stiċian
[edit] Verb
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to stitch (third-person singular simple present stitches, present participle stitching, simple past and past participle stitched)
- To form stitches in; especially, to sew in such a manner as to show on the surface a continuous line of stitches.
- to stitch a shirt bosom.
- To sew, or unite by stitches.
- to stitch printed sheets in making a book or a pamphlet.
- (agriculture) To form land into ridges.
- (intransitive) To practice/practise stitching or needlework.
[edit] Synonyms
- (form stitches in): sew
- (unite by stitches): sew, sew together, stitch together
- (form land into ridges): plough (British), plow (US)
[edit] Translations
form stitches in — see sew
unite by stitches — see sew together
To practice stitching
