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stitch       (stĭch)  Pronunciation Key  n.   A single complete movement of a threaded needle in sewing or surgical suturing. A single loop of yarn around an implement such as a knitting needle. The link, loop, or knot made in this way. A mode of arranging the threads in sewing, knitting, or crocheting: a purl stitch. A sudden sharp pain, especially in the side. See Synonyms at pain. Informal An article of clothing: wore not a stitch. Informal The least part; a bit: didn't do a stitch of work. A ridge between two furrows. v.   stitched, stitch·ing, stitch·es v.   tr. To fasten or join with or as if with stitches. To mend or repair with stitches: stitched up the tear. To decorate or ornament with or as if with stitches: "The sky was stitched with stars" (Mario Puzo). To fasten together with staples or thread. v.   intr. To make stitches; sew. [Middle English stiche, from Old English stice, sting; see steig- in Indo-European roots.] stitch'er n.

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stitch
noun
1.	a link or loop or knot made by an implement in knitting, crocheting, embroidery, or sewing
2.	a sharp spasm of pain in the side resulting from running
verb
1.	fasten by sewing; do needlework [syn: sew]

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stitch

In addition to the idiom beginning with stitch, also see in stitches; without a stitch on.

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stitch (stĭch)
n.

1. A sudden sharp pain, especially in the side.
2. A single suture.

v. stitched, stitch·ing, stitch·es
To suture.

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Stitch

Stitch\, n. An arrangement of stitches, or method of stitching in some particular way or style; as, cross-stitch; herringbone stitch, etc.

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Stitch

Stitch\, n. [OE. stiche, AS. stice a pricking, akin to stician to prick. See Stick, v. i.]

1. A single pass of a needle in sewing; the loop or turn of the thread thus made.

2. A single turn of the thread round a needle in knitting; a link, or loop, of yarn; as, to let down, or drop, a stitch; to take up a stitch.

3. [Cf. OE. sticche, stecche, stucche, a piece, AS. stycce. Cf. Stock.] 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. --Bunyan.

In Syria the husbandmen go lightly over with their plow, and take no deep stitch in making their furrows. --Holland.

4. A local sharp pain; an acute pain, like the piercing of a needle; as, a stitch in the side.

He was taken with a cold and with stitches, which was, indeed, a pleurisy. --Bp. Burnet.

5. A contortion, or twist. [Obs.]

If you talk, Or pull your face into a stitch again, I shall be angry. --Marston.

6. Any least part of a fabric or dress; as, to wet every stitch of clothes. [Colloq.]

7. A furrow. --Chapman.

Chain stitch, Lock stitch. See in the Vocabulary.

Pearl, or Purl stitch. See 2nd Purl, 2.

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Stitch

Stitch\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Stitched; p. pr. & vb. n. Stitching.]

1. To form stitches in; especially, to sew in such a manner as to show on the surface a continuous line of stitches; as, to stitch a shirt bosom.

2. To sew, or unite together by stitches; as, to stitch printed sheets in making a book or a pamphlet.

3. (Agric.) To form land into ridges.

To stitch up, to mend or unite with a needle and thread; as, to stitch up a rent; to stitch up an artery.

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Stitch

Stitch\, v. i. To practice stitching, or needlework.