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 Definitions of stitch  [ɪtʃ]  

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

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