Sew

Quick meaning: Sew is a verb meaning (transitive) To use a needle to pass thread repeatedly through (pieces of fabric) in order to join them together.

Meaning

(transitive) To use a needle to pass thread repeatedly through (pieces of fabric) in order to join them together.

More Meanings

1. (intransitive) To use a needle to pass thread repeatedly through pieces of fabric in order to join them together.
2. (transitive) Followed by into: to enclose by sewing.
3. (nautical) Of a ship, to be grounded.
4. (obsolete, transitive) To drain the water from.
5. (obsolete) Broth, gravy.

Example Sentences

to sew money into a bag

Now geld with the gelder the ram and the bul, / sew ponds, amend dammes, and sel webster thy wul

She [Kate Spade] took the label, which originally had been on the inside of the bag, and sewed it to the outside.

[…] accommodated a sluce to clense and sew the Pond, with a grate of wood to let out the wast, as in other stews and Vivaries.

Word Forms

• sews
• sewing
• sewed
• sewn
• sewen
• sewest
• sewedst
• seweth

Synonyms for sew

Depending on context, synonyms include stitch, tailor, run up, tailor-make.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include stitch, tailor, tailor-make, run up, embroider, suture.

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