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sew

(soʊ)
Word forms: 3rd person singular presenttense sews, present participle sewing, past tense sewed, past participle sewn
1. verb
When you sew something such as clothes, you make them or repair them by joining pieces of cloth together by passing thread through them with a needle.
She sewed the dresses on the sewing machine. [VERB noun]
Anyone can sew on a button, including you. [V n with on]
Mrs Roberts was a dressmaker, and she taught her daughter to sew. [VERB]
[Also VERB noun preposition]
Synonyms: stitch, tack [British], seam, hem More Synonyms of sew
2. verb
When something such as a hand or finger is sewn back by a doctor, it is joined with the patient's body using a needle and thread.
The hand was preserved in ice by neighbours and sewn back on in hospital. [be V-ed adv]
Surgeons at Odstock Hospital, Wilts, sewed the thumb on. [VERB noun with adverb]
3.  See also sewing
Phrasal verbs:
See sew up

sew in British English

(səʊ)
verbWord forms: sews, sewing, sewed, sewn or sewed
1. 
to join or decorate (pieces of fabric, etc) by means of a thread repeatedly passed through with a needle or similar implement
2. (tr; often foll by on or up)
to attach, fasten, or close by sewing
3. (transitive)
to make (a garment, etc) by sewing
Word origin
Old English sēowan; related to Old Norse sӯja, Gothic siujan, Old High German siuwen, Latin suere to sew, Sanskrit sīvjati he sews

sew in American English

(soʊ)
verb transitiveWord forms: sewed, sewn or sewed, ˈsewing
1. 
to join or fasten with stitches made with needle and thread
2. 
to make, mend, enclose, etc. by such means
verb intransitive
3. 
to work with needle and thread or at a sewing machine
Idioms:
sew up
Word origin
ME sewen < OE siwian, akin to Goth siujan < IE base *siw-, to sew > seam, L suere (pp. sutus), to sew, sew together

Examples of 'sew' in a sentence
sew

Doctors could not sew the lug back on.
The Sun (2010)
His eyes are made of buttons sewn on with untidy red stitches.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
It is much easier to sew a needle with two eyes on the job rather than one!
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
The doctors may be able to sew them back on.
Goshgarian, Gary Exploring language (6th edn) (1995)
The toe seams are sewn by hand and this guarantees a great fit.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
My mum made our own clothes and sewed winter coats.
The Sun (2012)
It had to be sewn back together!
The Sun (2010)
It does not take much effort to sew a button back on.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Then a needle no bigger than a sewing needle was put into my muscles and the signal the nerve made was recorded.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
Connect the shapes with 50cm lengths of sewing thread.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
One in three don't know how to sew a button on a shirt.
The Sun (2010)
Don't be lazy about sorting out minor repairs or getting new buttons sewn on.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
My dad was a factory worker sewing clothes, but he worked his way up.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
I sewed by hand and by machine.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
There is a sewing needle on my table and a few moments ago, a camel walked through the end of it.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
He came from a grande bourgeoisie family that became prosperous through the sewing thread business and he grew up in the family's various châteaux.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
It is threads, hundreds of tiny threads, which sew people together through the years.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
The hole is sewn with thread, and the bladder hung six feet above the ground all summer in a place as exposed as possible to sunlight.
Thompkins, Peter, Bird, Christopher Secrets of the Soil (1990)
W want to sew by hand, iron the edges of the patches under, then stitch them down using a straight stitch.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)

In other languages
sew

British English: sew /səʊ/ VERB
When you sew something such as clothes, you make them or repair them by joining pieces of cloth together by passing thread through them with a needle.
Anyone can sew on a button.
She mended socks and sewed clothes at night.
  • American English: sew
  • Arabic: يُخَيِّطُ
  • Brazilian Portuguese: costurar
  • Chinese: 缝纫
  • Croatian: šivati
  • Czech: šít
  • Danish: sy
  • Dutch: naaien
  • European Spanish: coser
  • Finnish: ommella
  • French: coudre
  • German: nähen
  • Greek: ράβω
  • Italian: cucire
  • Japanese: 縫う
  • Korean: 꿰매다
  • Norwegian: sy
  • Polish: uszyć
  • European Portuguese: costurar
  • Romanian: a coase
  • Russian: шить
  • Latin American Spanish: coser
  • Swedish: sy
  • Thai: เย็บ
  • Turkish: dikmek dikiş
  • Ukrainian: шити
  • Vietnamese: khâu

Chinese translation of 'sew'

sew

(səu)
Word forms:pt sewed
Word forms:pp sewn

vi, vt

  1. 缝(縫) (féng)
    to sew sth together 缝(縫)合某物 (fénghé mǒuwù)
(verb) 
Definition
to attach, fasten, or close by sewing
Anyone can sew a hem, including you.
Synonyms
stitch
Fold the fabric and stitch the two layers together.
tack (British)
Tack the cord around the cushion.
seam
hem
baste

phrasal verb

See sew something up

Additional synonyms

in the sense of tack
Tack the cord around the cushion.
Synonyms
stitch,
sew,
hem,
bind,
baste

Synonyms of 'sew'

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