sew.
To use a needle to pass thread repeatedly through (pieces of fabric) in order to join them together.
Meaning & usage
To use a needle to pass thread repeatedly through (pieces of fabric) in order to join them together.
I sewed a button on.
Balls were first made of grass or leaves held together by strings, and later of pieces of animal skin sewn together and stuffed with feathers or hay.
To use a needle to pass thread repeatedly through pieces of fabric in order to join them together.
Followed by into: to enclose by sewing.
to sew money into a bag
Where this word comes from
From Middle English sewen, sowen, from Old English siwian, seowian, seowan (“to sew, mend, patch, knit together, link, unite”), from Proto-Germanic *siwjaną (“to sew”), from Proto-Indo-European *syewH- (“to sew”). Cognate with Scots sew, North Frisian saie, sei, Saterland Frisian säie, Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish sy, and, more distantly, Polish szyć, Russian шить (šitʹ), Latin suō, Sanskrit सीव्यति (sī́vyati). Related to seam.
To drain the water from.
Of a ship, to be grounded.
Where this word comes from
Back-formation from sewer (“a drain”).
Broth, gravy.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English sew (“broth”), from Old English sēaw (“sap, juice”), from Proto-West Germanic *sauw.
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