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Noun: sewing  sow-ing
  1. Joining or attaching by stitches
    - stitching
     
  2. Needlework on which you are working with needle and thread
    "she put her sewing back in the basket";
    - stitchery
Verb: sew (sewed,sewn)  sow
  1. Make stitches using a needle and thread
    - stitch
     
  2. Fasten, join or repair by sewing
    - run up, sew together, stitch, stitch up
     
  3. Create (clothes) with cloth
    "Can the seamstress sew me a suit by next week?";
    - tailor, tailor-make

Sounds like: sewed, sewing

Derived forms: sewings

Type of: fashion, fasten, fix, forge, handicraft, needlecraft, needlework, secure

Encyclopedia: Sewing

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