sew

Meanings

• Verb

  To join or fasten (pieces of material) together using a needle and thread.

  - "I sew buttons onto my shirt."
  - "She sews beautiful quilts."

• Noun

  The act or skill of making clothing, upholstery, or other fabric items using a needle and thread.

  - "Sewing is a useful skill."
  - "He enjoys the hobby of sewing."

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Pronunciation

1. /soʊ/
   
   
   
   Source: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1762761"

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Synonyms

stitch

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Rhymes

Words rhyming with sew
be , he , she , we , me , thee , thee , free , tree , sea , plea , glee , key , spree , tree , weasel , slee , free , flea , flee , glee , plea , key , free , tee , bee

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Variants

List of all variants of sew that leads to same result
sew , sewabilities , sewability , sewable , sewed , sewing , sewn , sews , sew up , sewed up , sewing up , sewn up , sews up

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Etymology

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Old English sewan from seax ‘seax, needle’ + weanan ‘to weave, join’

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Trivia

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1. Sewing needles have been found in ancient Egypt and date back to around 30,000 BC.

2. The world's longest sewn seam is 11,015 meters long and was created in 2010 in China.

3. Sewing is an essential skill for the fashion industry, with over 80 million people employed in textile and garment manufacturing worldwide.

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Related Concepts

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1. Needlework: The art of creating decorative or functional items using a needle and thread.

2. Textiles: Materials made from natural or synthetic fibers, used for making clothing, upholstery, and other fabric items.

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Culture

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Sewing has been an essential skill throughout history, used for making clothing, upholstery, and various other fabric items. It has been a symbol of creativity, resourcefulness, and self-sufficiency. Sewing has also been a subject of literature, with works such as 'The Quiltmaker's Gift' and 'The Secret Garden' exploring the art and its significance.

How to Memorize "sew"

1. visualize
   

   - Visualize the process of sewing: threading the needle, making a knot, poking the needle through the fabric, and pulling the thread through to create a stitch.

2. associate
   

   - Associate the word 'sew' with the image of a person sitting at a sewing machine, working on a piece of clothing.

3. mnemonics
   

   - Use the mnemonic 'Sew Simple: Start, Enter, Work, In, Out' to remember the steps of the sewing process.

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