English

Pronunciation
IPA|/stɪt�/, SAMPA|/<tt>stItS<tt>/, enPR|stĭch
audio|en-us-stitch.ogg|Audio (US)
rhymes|ɪt�

Etymology 1
Old English sti�e

Noun
en-noun|es

1. A single pass of a needle in sewing; the loop or turn of the thread thus made.
2. An arrangement of stitches in sewing, or method of stitching in some particular way or style.

#:cross stitch
#:herringbone stitch

1. sports An intense stabbing pain under the lower edge of the ribcage, caused by internal organs pulling downwards on the diaphragm during exercise.
2. A single turn of the thread round a needle in knitting; a link, or loop, of yarn

#:drop a stitch
#:take up a stitch

1. An arrangement of stitches in knitting, or method of knitting in some particular way or style.
2. A space of work taken up, or gone over, in a single pass of the needle.
3. Hence, by extension, any space passed over; distance.

#:Quotations
#::You have gone a good stitch. &mdash; Bunyan.
#::In Syria the husbandmen go lightly over with their plow, and take no deep stitch in making their furrows. &mdash; Holland.

1. A local sharp pain; an acute pain, like the piercing of a needle.

#:a stitch in the side
#:Quotations
#::He was taken with a cold and with stitches, which was, indeed, a pleurisy. &mdash; Bp. Burnet.

1. obsolete A contortion, or twist.

#:Quotations
#::If you talk, Or pull your face into a stitch again, I shall be angry. &mdash; Marston.

1. colloquial Any least part of a fabric or dress.

#:to wet every stitch of clothes.
#:She didn't have a stitch on

1. A furrow. (Chapman)

Translations
trans-top|single pass of the needle in sewing
Finnish: tikki, ommel, pisto
French: point#French|point m
Italian: punto m
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Kurdish: KUchar|د��ر��
Portuguese: ponto m
Spanish: puntada f
Telugu: ������ (kuTTu)
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trans-top|arrangement of stitches or method of stitching in sewing
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trans-top|single turn of the thread in knitting
French: point#French|point m, maille f
Italian: punto m, maglia f
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trans-top|arrangement of stitches or method of stitching in knitting
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trans-top|space of work gone over in a single pass of the needle
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trans-top|any space passed over; distance
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trans-top|local sharp pain
Finnish: pistos
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Portuguese: pontada f
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trans-top|obsolete: a contortion, or twist
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trans-top|colloquial: any least part of a fabric or dress
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furrow
See furrow

Etymology 2
Old English sti�ian

Verb
en-verb|stitches|stitching|stitched

1. To form stitches in; especially, to sew in such a manner as to show on the surface a continuous line of stitches.

#:to stitch a shirt bosom.

1. To sew, or unite by stitches.

#:to stitch printed sheets in making a book or a pamphlet.

1. agriculture To form land into ridges.
2. intransitive To practice/practise stitching or needlework.

Synonyms
(form stitches in): sew
(unite by stitches): sew, sew together, stitch together
(form land into ridges): plough (British), plow (US)

Translations
form stitches in
See sew

unite by stitches
See sew together

agriculture: to form land into ridges
See plough/plow

Synonyms
sew

Translations
rfc-level|Translations at L3+ (AutoFormat? would have corrected level of Translations)
See sew

Related terms
a stitch in time saves nine
blanket stitch
cable stitch
chain stitch
cross stitch
drop a stitch
garter stitch
herringbone stitch
lock stitch
moss stitch
pearl stitch, purl stitch
rib stitch
running stitch
stem stitch
stitch up
stocking stitch
take up a stitch

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