sew

Meanings

Verb

• To use a needle to pass thread repeatedly through (pieces of fabric) in order to join them together.
• 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.
• To drain the water from.
• Of a ship, to be grounded.

Noun

• Broth, gravy.

Related

Similar words

• stitch

Origin

• From Middle English sewen, seowen, sowen, from Old English sīwian, sēowian, sēowan, from Proto-Germanic *siwjaną ("to sew"), from Proto-Indo-European *syewh₁- ("to sew"). Cognate with Scots sew ("to sew"), North Frisian saie, sei, Saterland Frisian säie ("to sew"), Danish sy, Polish szyć, Russian шить, Swedish sy, Latin suō, Sanskrit सीव्यति. Related to seam.
• From Middle English sew, from Old English sēaw, from Proto-West Germanic *sauw.