stitch.
A single pass of a needle in sewing; the loop or turn of the thread thus made.
Meaning & usage
A single pass of a needle in sewing; the loop or turn of the thread thus made.
A single pass of a needle in sewing; the loop or turn of the thread thus made. A single pass of a surgical suture (to sew the edges of a wound together)
I cut myself badly while cooking and needed to go to hospital to get stitches.
An arrangement of stitches in sewing, or method of stitching in some particular way or style.
cross stitch
herringbone stitch
An intense stabbing pain under the lower edge of the ribcage, brought on by exercise or laughing.
I've got a stitch. I'm going to have to stop and rest.
After about fifteen minutes I got terrible stitch.
A local sharp pain (anywhere); an acute pain, like the piercing of a needle.
a stitch in the side
A single turn of the thread round a needle in knitting; a link, or loop, of yarn
drop a stitch
take up a stitch
An arrangement of stitches in knitting, or method of knitting in some particular way or style.
A space of work taken up, or gone over, in a single pass of the needle.
A fastening, as of thread or wire, through the back of a book to connect the pages.
Any space passed over; distance.
Any least part of a fabric or clothing.
to wet every stitch of clothes
She didn’t have a stitch (of clothing) on.
An incorporation of an existing video into a new one, resulting in a collaborative clip that shows the two videos in a sequence.
A ridge of ploughed land between two furrows.
A contortion, or twist.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English stiche, from Old English stiċe (“a prick, puncture, stab, thrust with a pointed implement, pricking sensation, stitch, pain in the side, sting”), from Proto-West Germanic *stiki, from Proto-Germanic *stikiz (“prick, piercing, stitch”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)teyg- (“to stab, pierce”). Cognate with Dutch steek (“prick, stitch”), German Stich (“a prick, piercing, stitch”), Old English stician (“to stick, stab, pierce, prick”). More at stick. Via PIE cognate with Czech steh, Polish ścieg, Russian стежо́к (stežók).
To form stitches in; especially, to sew in such a manner as to show on the surface a continuous line of stitches.
to stitch a shirt bosom.
To sew, or unite or attach by stitches.
to stitch printed sheets in making a book or a pamphlet.
To practice/practise stitching or needlework.
To form land into ridges.
To weld together through a series of connecting or overlapping spot welds.
To include, combine, or unite into a single whole.
To include, combine, or unite into a single whole. To combine two or more photographs of the same scene into a single image.
I can use this software to stitch together a panorama.
To include, combine, or unite into a single whole. To incorporate (an existing video) into a new one, resulting in a collaborative clip that shows the two videos in a sequence.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English sticchen, stichen, from Old English *stiċċan, stiċċian, from Proto-Germanic *stikjaną (“to stab, stick, prick”), influenced by the noun (see above).
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