transitive. To make fast or reincorporate (a dropped stitch). Also in figurative contexts. Now rare.
| 单词 | θ58384 |
| 释义 | the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > sewing or ornamenting textile fabric > sew or ornament textile fabric [verb (transitive)] > sew > other (7) to take up1620 transitive. To make fast or reincorporate (a dropped stitch). Also in figurative contexts. Now rare. fell1758 transitive. Needlework. To fold over, turn under, and sew down (one of the edges of a seam) so that the seam lies flat and has no raw edges; to… cross-stitch1794 to sew or work with cross stitches. strand1894 To insert a strand or filament in (a texture). Also figurative. prick-stitch1895 transitive. To sew or work in prick stitch. Also intransitive. stab-stitch1917 (see quot. 1964); hence as v. transitive. lockstitch1919 transitive. To sew (fabric, a garment, etc.) using lock stitch. |
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