stitch meaning
EN
[stɪt͡ʃ] [-ɪtʃ] 
US WStitch
- Stitch or Stitches may refer to:
- Stitch (textile arts), a single loop of thread or yarn in the textile arts:
- Backstitch, in which individual stitches are made backward to the general direction of sewing. Variants include stem stitch, outline stitch and split stitch.
- Blanket stitch, used to reinforce the edge of thick materials
- Cable knitting is a style of knitting in which the order of stitches is permuted
- Chain stitch in which a series of looped stitches form a chain-like pattern
- Cross-stitch
- Embroidery stitch
- NounPLstitches
- A single pass of a needle in sewing; the loop or turn of the thread thus made.
- An arrangement of stitches in sewing, or method of stitching in some particular way or style.
- cross stitch
- herringbone stitch
- (sports) An intense stabbing pain under the lower edge of the ribcage, caused by internal organs pulling downwards on the diaphragm during exercise.
- A single turn of the thread round a needle in knitting; a link, or loop, of yarn.
- drop a stitch
- take up a stitch
- An arrangement of stitches in knitting, or method of knitting in some particular way or style.
- A space of work taken up, or gone over, in a single pass of the needle.
- Hence, by extension, any space passed over; distance.
- You have gone a good stitch. — John Bunyan. In Syria the husbandmen go lightly over with their plow, and take no deep stitch in making their furrows. — Holland.
- A local sharp pain; an acute pain, like the piercing of a needle.
- a stitch in the side
- (obsolete) A contortion, or twist.
- (colloquial) Any least part of a fabric or dress.
- to wet every stitch of clothes.
- She didn't have a stitch on
- A furrow.
- A single pass of a needle in sewing; the loop or turn of the thread thus made.
- VerbSGstitchesPRstitchingPT, PPstitched
- 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.
- To sew, or unite or attach by stitches.
- to stitch printed sheets in making a book or a pamphlet.
- (agriculture) To form land into ridges.
- (intransitive) To practice/practise stitching or needlework.
- (computing, graphics) To combine two or more photographs of the same scene into a single image.
- I can use this software to stitch together a panorama.
- To form stitches in; especially, to sew in such a manner as to show on the surface a continuous line of stitches.
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- Used in the Middle of Sentence
- I can use this software to stitch together a panorama.
- You have gone a good stitch. — John Bunyan. In Syria the husbandmen go lightly over with their plow, and take no deep stitch in making their furrows. — Holland.
- He bastes the coat together with thick white thread almost like string, using stitches big enough to be ripped out easily later.
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
Definition of stitch in English Dictionary
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Source: Wiktionary
Grammatically, this word "stitch" is a noun, more specifically, a countable noun. It's also a verb, more specifically, an intransitive verb.