sew, run up, sew together, stitch
(verb) fasten by sewing; do needlework
sew, tailor, tailor-make
(verb) create (clothes) with cloth; “Can the seamstress sew me a suit by next week?”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
sew (third-person singular simple present sews, present participle sewing, simple past sewed, past participle sewed or (obsolete) sewen or sewn)
(transitive) To use a needle to pass thread repeatedly through (pieces of fabric) in order to join them together.
(intransitive) To use a needle to pass thread repeatedly through pieces of fabric in order to join them together.
(transitive) Followed by into: to enclose by sewing.
• stitch
sew (third-person singular simple present sews, present participle sewing, simple past and past participle sewed)
(obsolete, transitive) To drain the water from.
(nautical) Of a ship, to be grounded.
• EWS, SWE, Wes, we's
Source: Wiktionary
Sew, n.Etym: [OE. See Sewer household officer.]
Definition: Juice; gravy; a seasoned dish; a delicacy. [Obs.] Gower. I will not tell of their strange sewes. Chaucer.
Sew, v. t. Etym: [See Sue to follow.]
Definition: To follow; to pursue; to sue. [Obs.] Chaucer. Spenser.
Sew, v. t. [imp. Sewed; p. p. Sewed, rarely Sewn (; p. pr. & vb. n. Sewing.] Etym: [OE. sewen, sowen, AS. siĂłwian, siwian; akin to OHG. siuwan, Icel. s, Sw. sy, Dan. sye, Goth. siujan, Lith. siuti, Russ, shite, L. ssuere, Gr. siv. sq. root156. Cf. Seam a suture, Suture.]
1. To unite or fasten together by stitches, as with a needle and thread. No man also seweth a piece of new cloth on an old garment. Mark ii. 21.
2. To close or stop by ssewing; -- often with up; as, to sew up a rip.
3. To inclose by sewing; -- sometimes with up; as, to sew money in a bag.
Sew, v. i.
Definition: To practice sewing; to work with needle and thread.
Sew, v. t. Etym: [sq. root151 b. See Sewer a drain.]
Definition: To drain, as a pond, for taking the fish. [Obs.] Tusser.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
18 January 2025
(noun) (Yiddish) a little; a piece; “give him a shtik cake”; “he’s a shtik crazy”; “he played a shtik Beethoven”
According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.