sewing

Speech parts

1. sewing - Noun

2. sewing - Verb

Meaning

of Sew

The act or occupation of one who sews.

That which is sewed with the needle.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

stitching embroidery quilting patching mending needlework darning basting stitchery backstitching suture fashion binding joining composing
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Antonyms

cleave separate tear clip dissection seamless
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Hypernyms

handicraft needlework needlecraft

Hyponyms

binding gathering gather patch stitch patchwork

Phrases with the word

sewing thread sewing up sewing fabric decorative sewing case multiple needle chain stitch sewing machine sewing box

Anagrams

swinge

Examples

One has to look out for engineers-they begin with sewing machines and end up with the atomic bomb. Marcel Pagnol

I am certain that a Sewing Machine would relieve as much human suffering as a hundred Lunatic Asylums, and possibly a good deal more. Margaret Atwood

I don't like sewing machines. I don't understand how a needle with a thread going through the tip of it can interlock the thread by jamming itself into a little goddamn spool. It's contrary to nature and it irritates me. Neal Stephenson

Among the worst examples is that of the Alberni Indian Residential School (British Columbia) where, during the 1920s, children caught "talking Indian" suffered the hideous ordeal of having sewing needles pushed through their tongues. Ward Churchill

A good use for me is to let me go away with my sewing machine and come back with some really new stuff. Betsey Johnson

Perseverance can reduce an iron rod to a sewing needle. Chinese Proverb

Close letter words and terms

sewery SEWGS sewin sewing basket sewing bee sewing box