sew¹ /sō/

To join, attach, enclose, or work on with a needle and thread, with wire, or with a sewing machine

To work with a needle and thread, sewing machine, or in any similar way

sewˈer noun

sewˈing noun

1. The act of sewing
2. Something that is being sewn

sewing machine noun

A machine for sewing fabric, leather, etc

sew up

1. To enclose or close up by sewing
2. To complete satisfactorily, or secure a satisfactory result (informal)
3. To tire out, bring to a standstill, nonplus, or make drunk (slang)

sew² /sū/

To drain

1. To ooze (dialect)
2. To be aground (nautical)

sewˈage noun

Refuse or waste carried off by sewers

sewer /sooˈər or sūˈər, or (old) shōr or shör/ noun

A channel (esp underground) for receiving the discharge from house-drains and streets

To provide with sewers

sewˈerage noun

1. A system, or the provision, of sewers
2. Sewage

sewˈering noun

sewage farm noun

1. A place where sewage is treated to render it suitable for use as manure
2. Also, a farm on which sewage is used as fertilizer

sewage works noun

A place where sewage is treated and purified before being discharged into a river or the sea

sewer gas noun

The contaminated air of sewers produced by the decomposition of sewage

sewer rat noun

The brown rat

sue /sū or soo/ (Spenser sew)

1. To prosecute at law
2. To petition for, apply for
3. To court (archaic)
4. To follow, pursue (obsolete)

1. To make legal claim
2. To make application
3. To entreat
4. To be a wooer (Shakespeare)
5. To do service (obsolete)

sueabilˈity noun same as suability (see under suable)

sueˈable adjective same as suable

suˈer noun

suˈing noun and adjective

standing to sue (law)

The right to bring a case to court

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