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to faggot

to faggot

9.9
To sew pieces of fabric together using a decorative open stitch
  • verb
  • Specialized
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  • She carefully faggoted the edges of the dress to create a delicate pattern.

Examples

  • The blouse was expertly faggoted at the seams, giving it an elegant finish.

  • She decided to faggot the pieces of cloth together for the quilt.

  • After learning the technique, he faggoted a scarf to match the handmade blouse.

  • Is it difficult to faggot fabric for a beginner?

  • She carefully faggoted the edges of the dress to create a delicate pattern.

  • After learning the technique, he faggoted a scarf to match the handmade blouse.

  • She decided to faggot the pieces of cloth together for the quilt.

Synonyms

to fagot
vsto faggot
  • UK
9.9

To sew fabric pieces together with a decorative open stitch

has identical meaning but differs in traditional spelling
to filet
vsto faggot
  • Specialized
9.7

To decorate cloth with a lace border made from a square net

focuses on joining fabric pieces using an openwork decorative stitch

Compounds

faggot marriage
  • Slur
9.9

An offensive and hateful way to talk about a same-sex marriage

faggot stitch
  • Specialized
9.9

A decorative sewing method that joins rows of threads or fabric edges in an open pattern

How Decorative

to embellish
10 6.3
to embroider
32 4.2
to faggot
  • Specialized
9.9
to sew
242 1.0
to stitch
99 2.5

Surface Forms

faggot infinitive
faggoted past
faggoted past participle
faggoting present participle
faggots third person singular

Etymology

The sewing verb faggot (seen as 'faggoting') comes from the 'bundle' idea: the stitch 'joins' fabric edges together in an open, decorative way, like tying pieces into one.