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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024stitch /stɪtʃ/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Clothingone complete movement of a threaded needle through a material such as to leave behind a single loop of thread, as in sewing.
- Clothingthe loop or portion of thread so left.
- Clothingone complete movement of the needle or hook in knitting, crocheting, etc.
- Clothing a thread, bit, or piece of any fabric or of clothing:[used with a negative word or phrase]not a stitch of clothes on.
- the least bit of anything:[used with a negative word or phrase]They wouldn't do a stitch of work.
- a sudden, sharp pain, esp. in the side of the body.
v. - Clothingto work upon, mend, or fasten with or as if with stitches;
sew: [~ + object]The doctor stitched the wound before too much bleeding had occurred.[no object]She sat there quietly stitching.
Idioms- Idioms in stitches, laughing uncontrollably;
convulsed with laughter:Soon the comedian had the audience in stitches.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024stitch (stich),USA pronunciation n. - Clothingone complete movement of a threaded needle through a fabric or material such as to leave behind it a single loop or portion of thread, as in sewing, embroidery, or the surgical closing of wounds.
- Clothinga loop or portion of thread disposed in place by one such movement in sewing:to rip out stitches.
- Clothinga particular mode of disposing the thread in sewing or the style of work produced by one such method.
- Clothingone complete movement of the needle or other implement used in knitting, crocheting, netting, tatting, etc.
- Clothingthe portion of work produced.
- Clothinga thread, bit, or piece of any fabric or of clothing:to remove every stitch of clothes.
- the least bit of anything:He wouldn't do a stitch of work.
- a sudden, sharp pain, esp. in the intercostal muscles:a stitch in the side.
- in stitches, convulsed with laughter:The comedian had us in stitches all evening.
v.t. - Clothingto work upon, join, mend, or fasten with or as if with stitches;
sew (often fol. by together):to stitch together flour sacks to make curtains; a plan that was barely stitched together. - Clothingto ornament or embellish with stitches:to stitch a shirt with a monogram.
v.i. - Clothingto make stitches, join together, or sew.
- bef. 900; (noun, nominal) Middle English stiche, Old English stice a thrust, stab; cognate with German Stich prick; akin to stick2; (verb, verbal) Middle English stichen to stab, pierce, derivative of the noun, nominal
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