What does SEW mean?

Definitions for SEW
soʊsew

This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word SEW.

Princeton's WordNet

  1. sew, run up, sew together, stitchverb

    fasten by sewing; do needlework

  2. sew, tailor, tailor-makeverb

    create (clothes) with cloth

    "Can the seamstress sew me a suit by next week?"

Wiktionary

  1. sewverb

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

    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.

  2. sewverb

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

  3. Etymology: siwian, from siwjanan, from sīw-. Cognate with Danish sy, Russian шить, Swedish sy.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. To Sew

    for sue.

    Edmund Spenser.

  2. To Sewverb

    To join by threads drawn with a needle.

    No man seweth a piece of new cloth on an old garment. Mark. ii. 21.

  3. To Sewverb

    To drain a pond for the fish. Robert Ainsworth

  4. To SEWverb

    To any thing by the use of the needle.

    Etymology: suo, Latin.

    A time to rent and a time to sew. Eccl. iii. 7.

Wikipedia

  1. SEW

    Sewing is the craft of fastening or attaching objects using stitches made with a sewing needle and thread. Sewing is one of the oldest of the textile arts, arising in the Paleolithic era. Before the invention of spinning yarn or weaving fabric, archaeologists believe Stone Age people across Europe and Asia sewed fur and leather clothing using bone, antler or ivory sewing-needles and "thread" made of various animal body parts including sinew, catgut, and veins.For thousands of years, all sewing was done by hand. The invention of the sewing machine in the 19th century and the rise of computerization in the 20th century led to mass production and export of sewn objects, but hand sewing is still practiced around the world. Fine hand sewing is a characteristic of high-quality tailoring, haute couture fashion, and custom dressmaking, and is pursued by both textile artists and hobbyists as a means of creative expression.The first known use of the word "sewing" was in the 14th century.

ChatGPT

  1. sew

    To sew means to join, fasten, or repair something by making stitches with a needle and thread or a sewing machine. It is a fundamental process in the production of clothing, textiles, upholstery, and other items.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Sewnoun

    juice; gravy; a seasoned dish; a delicacy

  2. Sewverb

    to follow; to pursue; to sue

  3. Sewverb

    to unite or fasten together by stitches, as with a needle and thread

  4. Sewverb

    to close or stop by ssewing; -- often with up; as, to sew up a rip

  5. Sewverb

    to inclose by sewing; -- sometimes with up; as, to sew money in a bag

  6. Sewverb

    to practice sewing; to work with needle and thread

  7. Sewverb

    to drain, as a pond, for taking the fish

  8. Etymology: [See Sue to follow.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Sew

    sō, v.t. to join or fasten together with a needle and thread.—v.i. to practise sewing.—ns. Sew′er; Sew′ing; Sew′ing-cott′on, cotton thread for sewing; Sew′ing-machine′, a machine for sewing and stitching upon cloth, leather, &c., operated by any power.—Sew up one's stocking, to put one to silence.—Be sewed, or sewed up, to be stranded, of a ship: (coll.) to be brought to a stand-still, to be ruined: to be tipsy. [A.S. síwian, séowian; Old High Ger. siwan, Goth. siujan.]

  2. Sew

    sū, v.t. (Spens.) to follow, to solicit. [Sue.]

Dictionary of Nautical Terms

  1. sew

    Pronounced sue. (See SEWED.)

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of SEW in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of SEW in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of SEW in a Sentence

  1. Angela Benedicto:

    She is making enough money to provide for her family, her dream is to help other young girls to know how to sew. She has a plan to give back to the community.

  2. Robert Oxton Bolt:

    Chains do not hold a marriage together. It is threads, hundreds of tiny threads, which sew people together through the years.

  3. Elizabeth Barrett Browning:

    The works of women are symbolical. We sew, sew, prick our fingers, dull our sight, producing what? A pair of slippers, sir, to put on when you're weary -- or a stool. To stumble over and vex you... curse that stool! Or else at best, a cushion, where you lean and sleep, and dream of something we are not, but would be for your sake. Alas, alas! This hurts most, this... that, after all, we are paid the worth of our work, perhaps.

  4. Lara Mackay:

    I'm planning to make as many as possible and am asking fabric outlets for fabric donations to sew.

  5. Isabella Appell:

    She would do homework or study until 10 or 11 at night, and then would cut and sew until two or three in the morning and start the whole process over again early the next morning, when she finds something she believes in, she gives it everything she has, and she is dedicated to this cause like nothing we've seen before.

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