Sewing
['səʊɪŋ] or ['soɪŋ]
Definition
(noun.) joining or attaching by stitches.
(noun.) needlework on which you are working with needle and thread; 'she put her sewing back in the basket'.
Editor: Vanessa--From WordNet
Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Sew
(n.) The act or occupation of one who sews.
(n.) That which is sewed with the needle.
Typed by Cecil
Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream of sewing on new garments, foretells that domestic peace will crown your wishes.
Editor: Pierre
Examples
- 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.
- In 1858 also, about the same time the Sturtevant pegging machine was introduced, the shoe-sewing machine was developed. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- By another ingenious device the cord was tied and cut, when the sewing was completed. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Presently his wife looked up from her sewing, and noticed how much absorbed he was. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- Mrs. Reed and I were left alone: some minutes passed in silence; she was sewing, I was watching her. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- The extra work which is thrown upon the nervous system through seeing, reading, writing, and sewing with defective eyes is recognized by all physicians as an important cause of disease. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- Mary was sewing swiftly, and seemed provokingly mistress of the situation. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Her round taper fingers flew in and out of her sewing, as steadily and swiftly as if that were the business of her life. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- I do care about your mother's money going, he said, when she was seated again and sewing quickly. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Naturally enough what he tried to do was to imitate the action of the hand in sewing. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
Typist: Rosanna