SEWN

sewed, sewn, stitched

(adjective) fastened with stitches

SEW

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


Verb

sewn

past participle of sew

Anagrams

• news, snew, wens

Source: Wiktionary


SEW

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



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Word of the Day

6 May 2025

HEEDLESS

(adjective) marked by or paying little heed or attention; “We have always known that heedless self-interest was bad morals; we know now that it is bad economics”--Franklin D. Roosevelt; “heedless of danger”; “heedless of the child’s crying”


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Coffee Trivia

According to Guinness World Records, the most massive cup of coffee contained 22,739.14 liters and was created by Alcaldía Municipal de Chinchiná (Colombia) at Parque de Bolívar, Chinchiná, Caldas, Colombia, on 15 June 2019. Fifty people worked for more than a month to build this giant cup. The drink prepared was Arabic coffee.

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