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Sewing   /sˈoʊɪŋ/   Listen
Sewing

noun
1.
Joining or attaching by stitches.  Synonym: stitching.
2.
Needlework on which you are working with needle and thread.  Synonym: stitchery.



Sew

verb
(past sewed; past part. sewn)
1.
Fasten by sewing; do needlework.  Synonyms: run up, sew together, stitch.
2.
Create (clothes) with cloth.  Synonyms: tailor, tailor-make.



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"Sewing" Quotes from Famous Books



... her sewing to receive the hearty embrace. "Well, dearie?" she said, devouring the sparkling creature ...
— Carmen Ariza • Charles Francis Stocking

... said Miss Prissy, who sat in the corner, sewing on the dove-colored silk, "I do wish you could come into one of our meetings and hear those blessed prayers. I don't think you nor anybody else ever ...
— The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 4, No. 24, Oct. 1859 • Various

... stop and waited. She had taken the lace and muslin from the basket, possibly to settle her nerves and wits, and was sewing upon it. As she was not looking at him, he devoured her with his eyes. He noted the firm, efficient hands—hands that could control a horse like Bob, that could run a typewriter almost as fast as a man could talk, that could sew on dainty garments, ...
— Burning Daylight • Jack London

... Eliza was sewing patchwork, not because it was needed but simply as a protest against the frivolous lace Catherine was crocheting. Eliza listened with a frown and Catherine with a smile, as the girls explained their errand. To be sure, whenever Catherine caught Eliza's eye she discarded ...
— Anne Of Avonlea • Lucy Maud Montgomery

... the several parts—neatly sew up the skin with a fine needle and thread by an under stitch on the edges of the skin, drawing it tight after two or three stitches; and thus proceed until the bottom is reached, avoiding the common fault of sewing the ...
— Practical Taxidermy • Montagu Browne


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