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# A single pass of a [[needle]] in [[sewing]]; the loop or turn of the [[thread]] thus made.
# 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.
# An arrangement of stitches in sewing, or method of stitching in some particular way or style.
#: ''cross '''stitch'''''
#: {{ux|en|cross '''stitch'''}}
#: ''herringbone '''stitch'''''
#: {{ux|en|herringbone '''stitch'''}}
# An intense stabbing [[pain]] under the lower edge of the [[ribcage]], brought on by exercise.
# An intense stabbing [[pain]] under the lower edge of the [[ribcage]], brought on by exercise.
# A single turn of the thread round a needle in [[knitting]]; a link, or loop, of yarn
# A single turn of the thread round a needle in [[knitting]]; a link, or loop, of yarn
#: ''drop a '''stitch'''''
#: {{ux|en|drop a '''stitch'''}}
#: ''take up a '''stitch'''''
#: {{ux|en|take up a '''stitch'''}}
# An arrangement of stitches in knitting, or method of knitting in some particular way or style.
# 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.
# A space of work taken up, or gone over, in a single pass of the needle.
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#*: In Syria the husbandmen go lightly over with their plough, and take no deep '''stitch''' in making their furrows.
#*: In Syria the husbandmen go lightly over with their plough, and take no deep '''stitch''' in making their furrows.
# A local sharp pain; an acute pain, like the piercing of a needle.
# A local sharp pain; an acute pain, like the piercing of a needle.
#: ''a '''stitch''' in the side''
#: {{ux|en|a '''stitch''' in the side}}
#* {{RQ:Burnet History of My Own Time}}
#* {{RQ:Burnet History of My Own Time}}
#*: He was taken with a cold and with '''stitches''', which was, indeed, a pleurisy.
#*: He was taken with a cold and with '''stitches''', which was, indeed, a pleurisy.
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#*: If you talk, / Or pull your face into a '''stitch''' again, {{...}}I shall be angry.
#*: If you talk, / Or pull your face into a '''stitch''' again, {{...}}I shall be angry.
# {{lb|en|colloquial}} Any least part of a fabric or dress.
# {{lb|en|colloquial}} Any least part of a fabric or dress.
#: ''to wet every '''stitch''' of clothes''
#: {{ux|en|to wet every '''stitch''' of clothes}}
#: ''She didn't have a '''stitch''' on.''
#: {{ux|en|She didn't have a '''stitch''' on.}}
# A [[furrow]].
# A [[furrow]].
#: {{rfquotek|en|Chapman}}
#: {{rfquotek|en|Chapman}}
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# To form stitches in; especially, to sew in such a manner as to show on the surface a continuous line of stitches.
# 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.''
#: {{ux|en|to '''stitch''' a shirt bosom.}}
# To sew, or unite or attach by stitches.
# To sew, or unite or attach by stitches.
#: ''to '''stitch''' printed sheets in making a book or a pamphlet.''
#: {{ux|en|to '''stitch''' printed sheets in making a book or a pamphlet.}}
#* {{quote-journal|en|date=November 10, 2011|author=Jeremy Wilson| title=England Under 21 5 Iceland Under 21 0: match report| work=Telegraph| url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/england/8882713/England-Under-21-5-Iceland-Under-21-0-match-report.html| passage=With such focus from within the footballing community this week on Remembrance Sunday, there was something appropriate about Colchester being the venue for last night’s game. Troops from the garrison town formed a guard of honour for both sets of players, who emerged for the national anthem with poppies proudly '''stitched''' into their tracksuit jackets.}}
#* {{quote-journal|en|date=November 10, 2011|author=Jeremy Wilson| title=England Under 21 5 Iceland Under 21 0: match report| work=Telegraph| url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/england/8882713/England-Under-21-5-Iceland-Under-21-0-match-report.html| passage=With such focus from within the footballing community this week on Remembrance Sunday, there was something appropriate about Colchester being the venue for last night’s game. Troops from the garrison town formed a guard of honour for both sets of players, who emerged for the national anthem with poppies proudly '''stitched''' into their tracksuit jackets.}}
# {{lb|en|intransitive}} To [[practice]]/[[practise]] stitching or needlework.
# {{lb|en|intransitive}} To [[practice]]/[[practise]] stitching or needlework.
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#* {{quote-book|en|year=2017|title=Anticorrosive Rubber Lining: A Practical Guide for Plastics Engineers| author=Chellappa Chandrasekaran| ISBN=0323444857| passage=Apply cement and '''stitch''' as necessary. A hot knife can be used to seal down loose seams.}}
#* {{quote-book|en|year=2017|title=Anticorrosive Rubber Lining: A Practical Guide for Plastics Engineers| author=Chellappa Chandrasekaran| ISBN=0323444857| passage=Apply cement and '''stitch''' as necessary. A hot knife can be used to seal down loose seams.}}
# {{lb|en|computing|graphics}} To [[combine]] two or more [[photograph]]s of the same [[scene]] into a single [[image]].
# {{lb|en|computing|graphics}} To [[combine]] two or more [[photograph]]s of the same [[scene]] into a single [[image]].
#: ''I can use this software to '''stitch''' together a panorama.''
#: {{ux|en|I can use this software to '''stitch''' together a panorama.}}
# {{lb|en|more generally}} To include, combine, or unite into a single whole.
# {{lb|en|more generally}} To include, combine, or unite into a single whole.
#* {{quote-book|en|year=2011|title=Film, Lacan and the Subject of Religion|author=Steve Nolan| ISBN=1441166874| passage=Whereas liturgically, in the sacramental narrative of the Cross, worshippers are '''stitched''' into a salvation story, cinema spectators are '''stitched''' into a narrative in which the ordinary guy overcomes the Other in an extraordinary situation.}}
#* {{quote-book|en|year=2011|title=Film, Lacan and the Subject of Religion|author=Steve Nolan| ISBN=1441166874| passage=Whereas liturgically, in the sacramental narrative of the Cross, worshippers are '''stitched''' into a salvation story, cinema spectators are '''stitched''' into a narrative in which the ordinary guy overcomes the Other in an extraordinary situation.}}

Revision as of 20:01, 12 October 2020

English

English Wikipedia has an article on:
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Tied herringbone stitch.

Pronunciation

  • enPR: stĭch, IPA(key): /stɪt͡ʃ/
  • Audio (US)(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɪtʃ

Etymology 1

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.

Noun

stitch (plural stitches)

  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.
    cross stitch
    herringbone stitch
  3. An intense stabbing pain under the lower edge of the ribcage, brought on by exercise.
  4. A single turn of the thread round a needle in knitting; a link, or loop, of yarn
    drop a stitch
    take up a stitch
  5. An arrangement of stitches in knitting, or method of knitting in some particular way or style.
  6. A space of work taken up, or gone over, in a single pass of the needle.
  7. A fastening, as of thread or wire, through the back of a book to connect the pages.
  8. (by extension) Any space passed over; distance.
    • Template:RQ:Bunyan PP
      You have gone a good stitch.
    • (Can we date this quote by Holland and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)
      In Syria the husbandmen go lightly over with their plough, and take no deep stitch in making their furrows.
  9. A local sharp pain; an acute pain, like the piercing of a needle.
    a stitch in the side
  10. (obsolete) A contortion, or twist.
  11. (colloquial) Any least part of a fabric or dress.
    to wet every stitch of clothes
    She didn't have a stitch on.
  12. A furrow.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Chapman to this entry?)
  13. The space between two double furrows.

Derived terms

Translations

furrow — see furrow
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Etymology 2

From Middle English sticchen, stichen, from Old English *stiċċan, stiċċian, from Proto-Germanic *stikjaną (“to stab, stick, prick”), influenced by the noun (see above).

Verb

stitch (third-person singular simple present stitches, present participle stitching, simple past and past participle stitched)

  1. 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.
  2. To sew, or unite or attach by stitches.
    to stitch printed sheets in making a book or a pamphlet.
    • 2011 November 10, Jeremy Wilson, “England Under 21 5 Iceland Under 21 0: match report”, in Telegraph‎[1]:
      With such focus from within the footballing community this week on Remembrance Sunday, there was something appropriate about Colchester being the venue for last night’s game. Troops from the garrison town formed a guard of honour for both sets of players, who emerged for the national anthem with poppies proudly stitched into their tracksuit jackets.
  3. (intransitive) To practice/practise stitching or needlework.
  4. (agriculture) To form land into ridges.
  5. To weld together through a series of connecting or overlapping spot welds.
    • 2009, Jeffery Zurschmeide, Automotive Welding: A Practical Guide, →ISBN, page 44:
      You can prevent warping and get a very strong weld by stitching your pieces together.
    • 2014, James E. Duffy, Auto Body Repair Technology, →ISBN, page 239:
      For example, the butt joint can be welded with the continuous technique or the stitch technique.
    • 2017, Chellappa Chandrasekaran, Anticorrosive Rubber Lining: A Practical Guide for Plastics Engineers, →ISBN:
      Apply cement and stitch as necessary. A hot knife can be used to seal down loose seams.
  6. (computing, graphics) To combine two or more photographs of the same scene into a single image.
    I can use this software to stitch together a panorama.
  7. (more generally) To include, combine, or unite into a single whole.
    • 2011, Steve Nolan, Film, Lacan and the Subject of Religion, →ISBN:
      Whereas liturgically, in the sacramental narrative of the Cross, worshippers are stitched into a salvation story, cinema spectators are stitched into a narrative in which the ordinary guy overcomes the Other in an extraordinary situation.
    • 2013, Peyton McCoy, Walk into Your Season: The Art of Cultural Work, →ISBN, page viii:
      However, it is the depth and breadth of your scholarship, your incisive and decisive writing, your numerous books exemplifying this masterful craftsmanship (I stopped counting after nineteen), your wit, and your relentless resolve to listen and get it right that are now stitched into my memories.
    • 2014, Susan Charnley, ‎Thomas E. Sheridan, ‎& Gary P. Nabhan, Stitching the West Back Together: Conservation of Working Landscapes, →ISBN, page xvi:
      Effective landscape-scale conservation thus calls for stitching the management of public, tribal, and private lands together using collaborative processes to achieve mutual social and ecological objectives.

Synonyms

Derived terms

Translations

form stitches in — see sew
unite by stitches — see sew together
agriculture: to form land into ridges — see plough

References

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