stitch
Noun
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A link or loop or knot made by an implement in knitting, crocheting, embroidery, or sewing (synset 104328376)
subtypes:
- crochet stitch - any one of a number of stitches made by pulling a loop of yarn through another loop with a crochet needle
- knitting stitch - a stitch taken in knitting
- embroidery stitch, sewing stitch - a stitch made with thread and a threaded sewing needle through fabric or leather
- A sharp spasm of pain in the side resulting from running (synset 114355744)
Verb
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Fasten by sewing;
Do needlework (synset 201331921)subtypes:- hem - fold over and sew together to provide with a hem
- resew - sew again
- overcast - sew with an overcast stitch from one section to the next
- overcast - sew over the edge of with long slanting wide stitches
- backstitch - do backstitches
- gather, pucker, tuck - draw together into folds or puckers
- finedraw - sew together very finely
- fell - sew a seam by folding the edges
- baste, tack - sew together loosely, with large stitches
- hemstitch - sew with hemstitches
- retick, tick - sew
- cast on - make the first row of stitches when knitting
- cast off - make the last row of stitches when knitting
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