English

Pronunciation
w:IPA|IPA: /s��/
audio|en-us-sew.ogg|Audio (US)

Homophones: so, soh, sow (sense 2)
Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-��|-��

Etymology
From OE. siwan.

Verb
en-verb|sews|sewing|sewed|sewn or sewed

1. transitive To use a needle to pass thread repeatedly through (pieces of fabric) in order to join them together.
2. intransitive To use a needle to pass thread repeatedly through pieces of fabric in order to join them together.

Synonyms
stitch

Translations
trans-top|(transitive) use a needle
Arabic: ARchar|خ�ط IPAchar|(�éyya�a)
Breton: gwriat
Catalan: cosir
Chinese: 縫, � (féng)
Croatian: Å¡ivati
Czech: šít
Dutch: naaien
Esperanto: kudri
Finnish: ommella
French: coudre
German: nähen
Hungarian: varr
Indonesian: jahit, jahit|menjahit
trans-mid
Italian: cucire
Icelandic: sauma
Japanese: 縫� (��, nuu)
Korean: �� (gibda, gip-), 꿰매� (kkwemaeda)
Kurdish: KUchar|د��ر��
Latvian: Å¡Å«t
Polish: szy�
Portuguese: costurar, coser
Romanian: a coase
Russian: �и�� (šit�)
* Sindhi: SDchar|س�ب�ڻ�
Slovene: Å¡iti
Spanish: coser
Swedish: sy
Tok Pisin: samapim
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trans-top|(intransitive) use a needle
Arabic: ARchar|خاط IPAchar|(���a)
Catalan: cosir
Dutch: naaien
Finnish: ommella
German: nähen
Hungarian: varr
trans-mid
Italian: cucire
Korean: ����� (baneujil-hada)
Portuguese: costurar, coser
Romanian: a coase
Russian: �и�� (šit�)
Sindhi: SDchar|س�ب�ڻ�
Spanish: coser
Tok Pisin: samap
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Category:English irregular verbs

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• 2007-12-31 15:23 - Krun - adding etymology

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