sewing

Meaning of sewing

noun
  1. the action or activity of sewing.
    the machine will save hours of hard sewing
verb, gerund or present participle
  1. join, fasten, or repair (something) by making stitches with a needle and thread or a sewing machine.
    she sewed the seams and hemmed the border
    I don't even sew very well

Old English siwan, of Germanic origin, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin suere and Greek suein .

Information about sewing

  • The plural form of sewing is: sewings.
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Hyphenation of sewing

sewing

  • It consists of 1 syllables and 6 chars.
  • sewing is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

sewing synonyms

Meaning stitching:

stitching

Meaning stitchery:

stitchery

Meaning make, mend, or join (something) with stitches:

stitch

Meaning decorate (cloth) by sewing patterns on it with thread:

embroider

Meaning sew the seam of or join with a seam:

seam

Meaning turn under and sew the edge of (a piece of cloth):

hem

Meaning fasten (pieces of cloth) together temporarily with long stitches:

tack

Meaning pour fat or juices over (meat) during cooking in order to keep it moist:

baste

Meaning join or fasten (something) to something else:

attach

Meaning close or do up securely:

fasten

Meaning mend (a hole in knitted material) by interweaving yarn with a needle:

darn

Meaning repair (something that is broken or damaged):

mend

Meaning restore (something damaged, faulty, or worn) to a good condition:

repair

Meaning mend or strengthen (fabric or clothing) with a patch:

patch

Meaning hit (someone or something) hard:

clout

sewing antonyms

Meaning undo the sewing of:

unpick

Meaning take (something) away or off from the position occupied:

remove

Meaning tear or pull (something) quickly or forcibly away from something or someone:

rip

Meaning pull (something) apart or to pieces with force:

tear

Anagrams of sewing

swinge, winges

Words that rhyme with sewing

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