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Definition of 'stitch'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) stitch
one complete movement of a threaded needle through a fabric or material such as to leave behind a single loop or portion of thread, as in sewing or the surgical closing of wounds.

2.  stitch
the loop or portion of thread so left.

3.  stitch
one complete movement of the needle or other implement in knitting, crocheting, tatting, etc.

4.  stitch
a particular mode of disposing the thread or yarn in sewing, knitting, crocheting, etc.

5.  stitch
the style of work produced by this.

6.  stitch
a thread, bit, or piece of any fabric or of clothing:
not a stitch of clothes on.

7.  stitch
the least bit of anything:
They wouldn't do a stitch of work.

8.  stitch
a sudden, sharp pain, esp. in the intercostal muscles:
a stitch in the side.

9. (v.t.) stitch
to work upon, join, mend, or fasten with or as if with stitches; sew.

10.  stitch
to ornament or embellish with stitches.

11. (v.i.) stitch
to make stitches, join together, or sew.

Definition of 'stitch'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) stitch
a link or loop or knot made by an implement in knitting, crocheting, embroidery, or sewing

2. (verb) stitch
a sharp spasm of pain in the side resulting from running

3. (verb) sew, run up, sew together, stitch
fasten by sewing; do needlework

Definition of 'stitch'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (noun) stitch
one of the short lines in a line of sewing
The stitches have been done in a contrasting color.

2. stitch
one of the places where a doctor has sewn a cut together
You're going to need several stitches.

3. stitch
a piece of wool wound around a knitting needle
***She counted the stitches.

4. (verb) stitch
to sew cloth or a cut together
Stitch the lining in place.

Definition of 'stitch'

Webster Dictionary

1. (verb) stitch
a single pass of a needle in sewing; the loop or turn of the thread thus made

2. (verb) stitch
a single turn of the thread round a needle in knitting; a link, or loop, of yarn; as, to let down, or drop, a stitch; to take up a stitch

3. (verb) stitch
a space of work taken up, or gone over, in a single pass of the needle; hence, by extension, any space passed over; distance

4. (verb) stitch
a local sharp pain; an acute pain, like the piercing of a needle; as, a stitch in the side

5. (verb) stitch
a contortion, or twist

6. (verb) stitch
any least part of a fabric or dress; as, to wet every stitch of clothes

7. (verb) stitch
a furrow

8. (verb) stitch
to form stitches in; especially, to sew in such a manner as to show on the surface a continuous line of stitches; as, to stitch a shirt bosom

9. (verb) stitch
to sew, or unite together by stitches; as, to stitch printed sheets in making a book or a pamphlet

10. (verb) stitch
to form land into ridges

11. (verb) stitch
to practice stitching, or needlework

Translation of 'stitch'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: a loop made in thread, wool etc by a needle in sewing or knitting She sewed the hem with small, neat stitches; Bother! I've dropped a stitch.
Afrikaans: steek	Arabic: غُرْزَه	Bulgarian: бримка
Brazilian: ponto	Czech: steh; oko	German: der Stich, die Masche
Danish: sting; maske	Greek: βελονιά, πόντος	Spanish: puntada
Estonian: piste, silmus	Farsi: دانه	Finnish: silmukka
French: point; maille	Hebrew: תֶפֶר	Hindi: टांका, तोपा
Croatian: šav, očica	Hungarian: öltés (tűvel), szem(kötés	Indonesian: setik
Icelandic: lykkja, saumur, (nál)spor	Italian: punto; maglia	Japanese: 一針
Korean: 한 땀	Lithuanian: dygsnis, akis	Latvian: dūriens; valdziņš
Malay: jahitan	Dutch: steek	Norwegian: maske, sting
Polish: ścieg, oczko	Portuguese: ponto	Romanian: punct; ochi
Russian: стежок; петля	Slovak: steh; očko, oko	Slovenian: vbod; petlja
Serbian: bod	Swedish: stygn, maska	Thai: รอยเย็บ
Turkish: dikiş	Taiwanese: (縫紉成編織的)一針，針腳	Ukrainian: стібок
Urdu: سلاءی	Vietnamese: mũi khâu, mũi đan	Chinese: （缝纫成编织的）一针，针脚
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