Sew
21sew — verb past tense sewed past participle sewn /sUn/ also sewed AmE (I, T) to use a needle and thread to join pieces of cloth together to make or repair clothes or fasten something such as a button to them: I learned to sew at school. | sew sth on… …
22sew */ — UK [səʊ] / US [soʊ] verb [intransitive/transitive] Word forms sew : present tense I/you/we/they sew he/she/it sews present participle sewing past tense sewed past participle sewn UK [səʊn] / US [soʊn] 1) to make or repair clothes using a needle… …
23sew — sew1 sewable, adj., n. /soh/, v., sewed, sewn or sewed, sewing. v.t. 1. to join or attach by stitches. 2. to make, repair, etc., (a garment) by such means. 3. to enclose or secure with stitches: to sew flour in a bag …
24sew — [[t]so͟ʊ[/t]] sews, sewing, sewed, sewn 1) VERB When you sew something such as clothes, you make them or repair them by joining pieces of cloth together by passing thread through them with a needle. [V n] She sewed the dresses on the sewing… …
25sew up — 1) PHRASAL VERB If you sew up pieces of cloth or tears in cloth or skin, you join them together using a needle and thread. [V P n (not pron)] Next day, Miss Stone decided to sew up the rip... [V P n (not pron)] This material was then put into… …
26sew — verb (sewed; sewn or sewed; sewing) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English sīwian; akin to Old High German siuwen to sew, Latin suere Date: before 12th century transitive verb 1. to unite or fasten by stitches 2. to close or enclose by… …
27SEW — Die Abkürzung SEW steht für: die Sozialistische Einheitspartei Westberlins, einen Ableger der Sozialistischen Einheitspartei Deutschland (SED) im Westen Berlins die Süddeutschen Elektromotoren Werke, heute SEW Eurodrive GmbH Co. KG, einem… …
28sew — [OE] Sew comes, with its relatives Swedish sy and Danish sye, from a prehistoric Germanic *siwjan. This was descended from an Indo European base *siw , *sju that also produced Latin suere ‘sew’ (source of English suture [16]), Greek humén… …
29sew up — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms sew up : present tense I/you/we/they sew up he/she/it sews up present participle sewing up past tense sewed up past participle sewn up 1) to repair something such as a hole in a piece of cloth by sewing it 2)… …
30sew — [c]/soʊ / (say soh) verb (sewed, sewn or sewed, sewing) –verb (t) 1. to join or attach by a thread or the like, as with a needle. 2. to make, repair, etc., (a garment) by such means. 3. to fasten or secure with stitches: to sew flour in bags.… …
