Sew

[sew]

Sew describes stitching something together. If you sew up the holes in your socks, you use thread and a needle to close them.

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Juice; gravy; a seasoned dish; a delicacy.

Verb
fasten by sewing; do needlework

Verb
create (clothes) with cloth; "Can the seamstress sew me a suit by next week?"

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.

Sew

Sew , n.[OE. See Sewer household officer.] Juice; gravy; a seasoned dish; a delicacy. [Obs.] Gower.
I will not tell of their strange sewes.

Sew

Sew, v. t. [See Sue to follow.] To follow; to pursue; to sue. [Obs.] Chaucer. Spenser.

Sew

Sew , v. t. [imp. Sewed ; p. p. Sewed, rarely Sewn ; p. pr. & vb. n. Sewing.] [OE. sewen, sowen, AS. si'a2wian, s'c6wian; akin to OHG. siuwan, Icel. sja, Sw. sy, Dan. sye, Goth. siujan, Lith. siuti, Russ, shite, L. ssuere, Gr. , Skr. siv. &root;156. Cf. Seam a suture, Suture.] 1. To unite or fasten together by stitches, as with a needle and thread.
No man also seweth a piece of new cloth on an old garment.
2. To close or stop by ssewing; -- often with up; as, to sew up a rip. 3. To inclose by sewing; -- sometimes with up; as, to sew money in a bag.

Sew

Sew, v. i. To practice sewing; to work with needle and thread.

Sew

Sew , v. t. [&root;151 b. See Sewer a drain.] To drain, as a pond, for taking the fish. [Obs.] Tusser.

Juice; gravy; a seasoned dish; a delicacy.

To follow; to pursue; to sue.

To unite or fasten together by stitches, as with a needle and thread.

To practice sewing; to work with needle and thread.

To drain, as a pond, for taking the fish.

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Usage Examples

Chains do not hold a marriage together. It is threads, hundreds of tiny threads, which sew people together through the years.

You can be fat and love yourself. You can be fat and have a great damn personality. You can be fat and sew your own clothes. But you can't be fat and healthy.

Misspelled Form

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Other Usage Examples

When I was 7, I came up with the idea of 'charm socks.' My mom would take me to buy bags of plastic charms, we would sew them on frilly white socks, and I sold them at school.

My mom was a seamstress, and I wish I'd learned to sew because I'm obsessed with 'Project Runway!'

Wanted: a needle swift enough to sew this poem into a blanket.