English Explanatory Dictionary

stitch

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A single pass of a needle in sewing; the loop or turn of the thread thus made.
  2. A single pass of a surgical suture (to sew the edges of a wound together)
  3. An arrangement of stitches in sewing, or method of stitching in some particular way or style.
  4. An intense stabbing pain under the lower edge of the ribcage, brought on by exercise or laughing.
  5. A local sharp pain (anywhere); an acute pain, like the piercing of a needle.
  6. A single turn of the thread round a needle in knitting; a link, or loop, of yarn
  7. An arrangement of stitches in knitting, or method of knitting in some particular way or style.
  8. A space of work taken up, or gone over, in a single pass of the needle.
  9. A fastening, as of thread or wire, through the back of a book to connect the pages.
  10. Any space passed over; distance.
  11. Any least part of a fabric or clothing.
  12. An incorporation of an existing video into a new one, resulting in a collaborative clip that shows the two videos in a sequence.
verb
  1. To form stitches in; especially, to sew in such a manner as to show on the surface a continuous line of stitches.
  2. To sew, or unite or attach by stitches.
  3. To practice/practise stitching or needlework.
  4. To form land into ridges.
  5. To weld together through a series of connecting or overlapping spot welds.
  6. To include, combine, or unite into a single whole.
  7. To combine two or more photographs of the same scene into a single image.
  8. To incorporate (an existing video) into a new one, resulting in a collaborative clip that shows the two videos in a sequence.

Pronunciation

stĭch /stɪt͡ʃ/ en-us-stitch.ogg

Word forms

stitch stitches stich stitching stitched

Etymology

From Middle English stiche, from Old English stiċe (“a prick, puncture, stab, thrust with a pointed implement, pricking sensation, stitch, pain in the side, sting”), from Proto-West Germanic *stiki, from Proto-Germanic *stikiz (“prick, piercing, stitch”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)teyg- (“to stab, pierce”). Cognate with Dutch steek (“prick, stitch”), German Stich (“a prick, piercing, stitch”), Old English stician (“to stick, stab, pierce, prick”). More at stick. Via PIE cognate with Czech steh, Polish ścieg, Russian стежо́к (stežók).

Synonyms

sew stitch together plough plow

Derived words

a stitch in time saves nine backstitch bean stitch blanket stitch blanket-stitch blind stitch box stitch bread-stitch brede-stitch brick stitch butterfly stitch buttonhole stitch cable stitch catchstitch chain stitch Comanche stitch coral stitch couching stitch couch stitch counted cross-stitch coverstitch cross-stitch daddy stitch dip stitch draw stitch drop a stitch edgestitch fancy stitch featherstitch fell stitch Flemish stitch garter stitch hemstitch herringbone stitch Holbein stitch honeycomb stitch husband's stitch husband stitch in stitches kettle stitch Kitchener stitch ladder stitch lock stitch long and short stitch moss stitch overstitch pad stitch pearl stitch purl stitch pick stitch pick up stitches raccroc stitch rib stitch rice stitch rope stitch running stitch Russian stitch saddle stitch satin stitch seed stitch

Translations

Arabic: غَرَزَة Arabic: غرْزة Armenian: հատ Armenian: օղակ Azerbaijani: tikiş Bulgarian: шев Bulgarian: бод Bulgarian: плетка Catalan: punt Chinese Mandarin: 缝针 Czech: steh Danish: sting Dutch: steek Finnish: pisto Finnish: tikki Finnish: kudos French: point Galician: puntada Galician: punto German: Stich German: Strickmuster Greek: βελονιά Greek: πλέξη Hindi: सिलाई Hungarian: öltés Ido: sutuno Irish: greim Italian: punto Central Kurdish: تەقەڵ Northern Kurdish: dirwar Northern Kurdish: kêl Southern Kurdish: تەقەڵ Macedonian: бод Macedonian: пле́тка Manx: lhoob Manx: whaaley Māori: tuinga Middle English: stiche Persian: کوک Polish: ścieg Polish: splot Portuguese: ponto Russian: стежо́к Russian: пе́тля Spanish: puntada Spanish: punto Swedish: stygn Swedish: stickning Tamil: தையல் Telugu: కుట్టు Tibetan: ཚེམ་བུ Turkish: dikiş Ottoman Turkish: دیكیش Ukrainian: стібо́к Vietnamese: mũi khâu Volapük: näg
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