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

O

oversewn

vssewn

• Specialized

1 8.3

Having small stitches along the edge to stop fraying

is the general joining by stitches rather than this specific technique

S

stitched

vssewn

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

4.7

Joined by a line of stitches

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

S

shirred

vssewn

• Specialized

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

How Secure

reinforced

1 3.7

sewn

1.6

to tack together

4.7

to baste

• Specialized

1 7.5

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology