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/sˈoʊɪŋ/ Listen

verb

Sew v. t. (past sewed; past part. sewn; pres. part. sewing)

To unite or fasten together by stitches, as with a needle and thread. "No man also seweth a piece of new cloth on an old garment."

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

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

Sew v. i. (past sewed; past part. sewn; pres. part. sewing) To practice sewing; to work with needle and thread.

noun

Sewing n.

The act or occupation of one who sews.

That which is sewed with the needle.

Sewing horse (Harness making), a clamp, operated by the foot, for holding pieces of leather while being sewed.

Sewing machine, a machine for sewing or stitching.

Sewing press, or Sewing table (Bookbinding), a fixture or table having a frame in which are held the cords to which the back edges of folded sheets are sewed to form a book.

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Etymology of 'Sewing'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Sewing" Quotes from Famous Books

... Maltby was forever engaged in sewing or in fancy work; and, to tell the truth, Dot was not much interested in needlework. She was often seized upon by Aunt Sarah, however, and made to sit down to ...

— The Corner House Girls Growing Up - What Happened First, What Came Next. And How It Ended • Grace Brooks Hill

... consulted his dying mother, she advised him that anybody can cut off, but that the sewing on is an acquired art. Mr. Bryce feels strongly for the men who practised what Catharine thought so difficult, and he stops for a moment in the midst of his very impersonal treatise to deliver a panegyric on Alexander Hamilton. Tanto nomini ...

— The History of Freedom • John Emerich Edward Dalberg-Acton

... time I had observed that Gretchen was no longer spinning, but instead was employed in sewing, and that, too, on very fine work, which surprised me the more, as the days were already shortening, and winter was coming on. I thought no further about it; only it troubled me that several times I had not found her at ...

— Autobiography • Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

... permanent or necessary? Can we not transfer cooking from the home to the scientific laboratory, along with the laundry? Cannot machinery, in the hands of self-respecting and well-paid artisans, do our cleaning, sewing, moving, and decorating? Cannot the training of children become an even greater profession than the attending of the sick? And cannot personal service and companionship be coupled with friendship and love where it belongs and whence it can never ...

— Darkwater - Voices From Within The Veil • W. E. B. Du Bois

... kitchen, where Eliza was sewing, and, opening the door of a small bedroom, said gently, 'Come in here with me, my daughter; I have news to ...

— Uncle Tom's Cabin, Young Folks' Edition • Harriet Beecher Stowe

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