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Stitch

Stitch Meaning & Definition
Stitch Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Stitch?

[n] sewing consisting of a link or loop or knot made by drawing a threaded needle through a fabric
[n] a sharp spasm of pain in the side resulting from running
[v] fasten by sewing; do needlework

Synonyms | Synonyms for Stitch: run up | sew | sew together

Related Terms | Find terms related to Stitch:

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Stitch In Webster's Dictionary

\Stitch\, n. An arrangement of stitches, or method of stitching in some particular way or style; as, cross-stitch; herringbone stitch, etc.
\Stitch\, n. [OE. stiche, AS. stice a pricking, akin to stician to prick. See {Stick}, v. i.] 1. A single pass of a needle in sewing; the loop or turn of the thread thus made. 2. 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. [Cf. OE. sticche, stecche, stucche, a piece, AS. stycce. Cf. {Stock}.] A space of work taken up, or gone over, in a single pass of the needle; hence, by extension, any space passed over; distance. You have gone a good stitch. --Bunyan. In Syria the husbandmen go lightly over with their plow, and take no deep stitch in making their furrows. --Holland. 4. A local sharp pain; an acute pain, like the piercing of a needle; as, a stitch in the side. He was taken with a cold and with stitches, which was, indeed, a pleurisy. --Bp. Burnet. 5. A contortion, or twist. [Obs.] If you talk, Or pull your face into a stitch again, I shall be angry. --Marston. 6. Any least part of a fabric or dress; as, to wet every stitch of clothes. [Colloq.] 7. A furrow. --Chapman. {Chain stitch}, {Lock stitch}. See in the Vocabulary. {Pearl}, or {Purl stitch}. See 2nd {Purl}, 2.
\Stitch\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Stitched}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Stitching}.] 1. 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. 2. To sew, or unite together by stitches; as, to stitch printed sheets in making a book or a pamphlet. 3. (Agric.) To form land into ridges. {To stitch up}, to mend or unite with a needle and thread; as, to stitch up a rent; to stitch up an artery.
\Stitch\, v. i. To practice stitching, or needlework.

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