Sew
[səʊ] or [so]
Definition
(verb.) fasten by sewing; do needlework.
(verb.) create (clothes) with cloth; 'Can the seamstress sew me a suit by next week?'.
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Definition
(n.) Juice; gravy; a seasoned dish; a delicacy.
(v. t.) To follow; to pursue; to sue.
(v. t.) To unite or fasten together by stitches, as with a needle and thread.
(v. t.) To close or stop by ssewing; -- often with up; as, to sew up a rip.
(v. t.) To inclose by sewing; -- sometimes with up; as, to sew money in a bag.
(v. i.) To practice sewing; to work with needle and thread.
(v. t.) To drain, as a pond, for taking the fish.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
v. n. Work with needle and thread.
v. a. Stitch, BASTE.
Editor: Wendell
Definition
v.t. (Spens.) to follow to solicit.
v.t. to join or fasten together with a needle and thread.—v.i. to practise sewing.—ns. Sew′er; Sew′ing; Sew′ing-cott′on cotton thread for sewing; Sew′ing-machine′ a machine for sewing and stitching upon cloth leather &c. operated by any power.—Sew up one's stocking to put one to silence.—Be sewed or sewed up to be stranded of a ship: (coll.) to be brought to a stand-still to be ruined: to be tipsy.
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Examples
- If I sew, I cannot listen; if I listen, I cannot sew. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- If you ask, they would answer, sew and cook. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Each lady contributor takes it in her turn to keep the basket a month, to sew for it, and to foist off its contents on a shrinking male public. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Stuff and sew this piece of sheepskin for me, while I get the paper ready for the printing. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- By way of change, and also of doing good, she would sew--make garments for the poor, according to good Miss Ainley's direction. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- She could read and write, embroider and sew, beautifully; and was a beautiful singer. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Sewn in the breast of her gown, the money to pay for her burial was still intact. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- He has sewn up ever so many odalisques in sacks and tilted them into the Nile. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- One by one, well-accustomed books, volumes sewn in familiar coverswere taken out and put back hopeless: they had no charm; they could not comfort. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Not a penny had been added to the money sewn in her dress: what her honest spirit had so long projected, was fulfilled. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Her jacket was black, with black beads sewn upon it, and a fringe of little black jet ornaments. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- Bean for a sewing machine in which the needle was stationary, and the cloth was gathered in crimps or folds and forced over the stationary needle. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Painting, chopping wood, hammering, plowing, washing, scrubbing, sewing, are all forms of work. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- Leather Sewing Machines of Greenough and Corliss, 1842-43. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- You are very diligent at that sewing, Miss Caroline, continued the girl, approaching her little table. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- In the early days of the sewing machine its sales were chiefly for family use, but this is now no longer the case. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Then a machine was needed and invented to wind the corn-brush with the cord or wire and tie it in a round bunch, preparatory to flattening and sewing it. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Sewed into my gown,' with her hand upon her breast, 'is just enough to lay me in the grave. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- So, then, ye'r fairly sewed up, an't ye? Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- The women, like his own wife, who had sewed by day and night, were saved their strength and vision, and the slavery of the clothing factories, notorious in those days, was inestimably lightened. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- The other pack was already sewed. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- The little Countess promised an exception: she sewed till she was tired of sewing, and then she took a book. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- The stripes were parallel silver lines on a black background sewed to the cloth of the sleeve about eight inches below the shoulder. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- Yes, sir: there is a woman who sews here, called Grace Poole,--she laughs in that way. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Bright afternoon thus wears into soft evening, and she comes home to a late tea, and after tea she never sews. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Yes, plainly: I often hear her: she sews in one of these rooms. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
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