Sekirov Dictionary

sew

UK /səʊ/US /soʊ/

verb 3
/sjuː/ verb 2
/sjuː/ noun 1
forms 8
phrases 2

verb3

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To use a needle to pass thread repeatedly through (pieces of fabric) in order to join them together.
- I sewed a button on.
- Balls were first made of grass or leaves held together by strings, and later of pieces of animal skin sewn together and stuffed with feathers or hay.
To use a needle to pass thread repeatedly through pieces of fabric in order to join them together.
Followed by into: to enclose by sewing.

sew

/sjuː/

verb2

Of a ship, to be grounded.
•
(no longer used) To drain the water from.
- Now geld with the gelder the ram and the bul, / sew ponds, amend dammes, and sel webster thy wul — 1573

noun1

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(no longer used) Broth, gravy.
- And than as for other Potages, stued Trypys, yt is dight redy. And than for to make the Numbleis in sewe[…] — 1555

forms

sewed · sewedst · sewen · sewn · sewing · seweth · sews · sewest

Phrases with sew

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