Associations to the word «Sew»

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Wiktionary

SEW, verb. (transitive) To use a needle to pass thread repeatedly through (pieces of fabric) in order to join them together.
SEW, verb. (intransitive) To use a needle to pass thread repeatedly through pieces of fabric in order to join them together.
SEW, verb. (transitive) To enclose by sewing.
SEW, verb. (obsolete) (transitive) To drain, as a pond, for taking the fish.
SEW UP, verb. To seal by sewing.

Dictionary definition

SEW, verb. Fasten by sewing; do needlework.
SEW, verb. Create (clothes) with cloth; "Can the seamstress sew me a suit by next week?".

Wise words

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne