sewn

Examples

• All

• Next, the collar was sewn in, the outer side was back stitched and the inner side felled as usual.

• It's a covering of bronze scale, with each scale sewn onto a leather or cloth backing.

• Sort of created an art form that was all hand sewn top to bottom, front and back.

  W Magazine

• If you can see, it's like sewn on the shoe, the pattern.

• Even our planner you were talking about, we go to the added expense to have those books sewn, you know, the binding sewn, not glued.

• So this is the exciting bit because this is the bit where once this is sewn and I can gather them up and they'll actually look like curtains.

• They're made of metal, partly rust colored and weathered, stiff, flat and meticulously sewn by hand.

• The curtains were beautifully sewn to match the room's decor.

• She wore a dress that was carefully sewn with intricate floral patterns.

• The quilt is sewn from colorful patches of fabric, each with its own story.

Synonyms

S

stitched

vssewn

10 1.8

Held together by sewing with thread and a needle

is the general term for the same joining action rather than a special form

S

seamed

vssewn

1 4.7

Joined by a line of stitches

is broader, covering any type of stitch joining not only seam joins

S

shirred

vssewn

• Specialized

1 8.3

Fabric gathered with rows of small stitches to make a stretchy, decorative effect

refers to ordinary joining by stitches, not decorative gathered elastic effect

O

oversewn

vssewn

• Specialized

8.3

Having small stitches along the edge to stop fraying

is the general joining by stitches rather than this specific technique

How Secure

reinforced

36 3.7

sewn

31 1.6

to tack together

1 4.7

to baste

• Specialized

1 7.5

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology