to sew
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1.0
- verb
- /soʊ/
:
coser
- I need to sew a button back onto my shirt before I wear it.
- sew together
- sew a pocket
- sew fabric
So it's really fun to sew with a another person.
- So it's really fun to sew with a another person.
- I'll find a tailor, we'll sew it up, we'll make it work.
- And I'm like, Nah, just sew me closed.
- I'm very close to the people who cut and sew the garments.
- I am not about to hand sew every single letter.
Examples
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Women or tailors give Baye Falls scraps of fabric to sew together into colorful patchwork clothing.
Academic text (2002) -
You write out your labels and sew them neatly to the back of your quilts.
Fiction book (1992) -
So it's really fun to sew with a another person.
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Last bit, I'm going to sew up the end of this.
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I'll find a tailor, we'll sew it up, we'll make it work.
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Mom, I have to sew the zipper on by hand.
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What is the best way to cut and sew silk organza?
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I can take all those quilt pieces and sew them together, crazy-quilt-like.
Fiction book (1992) -
So I'm just going to sew a few zigzag stitches across.
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And I sewed the little fur piece into a triangle, and I put it on an invisible elastic.
Synonyms
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2.5
To join or repair cloth with a needle and thread
7
2.3
To join two pieces of cloth with a needle and thread
6
3.9
To sew a hole or loose edge to make clothing whole again
4
6.7
Sew pieces together with large loose stitches to hold them
4
4.2
Make clothes quickly by sewing, for example a dress
3
3.6
To join pieces of cloth by sewing their edges together
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9.9
To fold a cloth edge and sew it down so the raw edge is inside
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7.5
To sew fabric together temporarily with large loose stitches
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Etymology
Sew comes from an old English word siwan that meant 'to stitch' or 'join cloth'. Think of a needle pulling thread through fabric, and that picture shows why sew now means to make or repair clothes with a needle and thread.