stitch
Speech parts
1. stitch - Noun
2. stitch - Verb
Meaning
A single pass of a needle in sewing; the loop or turn of the thread thus made.
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.
A space of work taken up, or gone over, in a single pass of the needle; hence, by extension, any space passed over; distance.
A local sharp pain; an acute pain, like the piercing of a needle; as, a stitch in the side.
A contortion, or twist.
Any least part of a fabric or dress; as, to wet every stitch of clothes.
A furrow.
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.
To sew, or unite together by stitches; as, to stitch printed sheets in making a book or a pamphlet.
To form land into ridges.
To practice stitching, or needlework.
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If time were a bolt of cloth,” said Om, "I would cut out all the bad parts. Snip out the scary nights and stitch together the good parts, to make time bearable. Then I could wear it like a coat, always live happily.
Passion is never enough; neither is skill. But try. For our sake and yours forget your name in the street; tell us what the world has been to you in the dark places and in the light. Don't tell us what to believe, what to fear. Show us belief's wide skirt and the stitch that unravels fear's caul.
Scars are memory. Like sutures. They stitch the past to me.
There is a loose stitch with him.
The stitch is lost unless the thread be knotted.
Who doesn't make a knot at the end of the thread, loses the stitch more than once.