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View synonyms for stitching

stitching

[ stich-ing ]

noun

  1. the act of a person or thing that stitches.
  2. a series or line of stitches.
  3. mending by means of sewing.


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Other Words From

  • un·stitching adjective

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Word History and Origins

Origin of stitching1

First recorded in 1515–25; stitch + -ing 1

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Example Sentences

Family crests and nicknames are stitched into headrests, colors are specified for seat stitching, veneers are chosen for the dash.

Canadians are still stitching the maple leaf to their belongings almost 50 years later.

The doctors in the field clinics always got her to do the stitching because she was so good at it.

There she was—tomboyish and slight—beside her mother, who was stitching.

There was a scar that stretched across the top of her head that looked quite like the stitching on the top of a football.

He turned his arm so that we could see the ripped stitching where his sergeant's stripes had been cut away.

"I'll be glad to do anything I can," replied that lady, looking up from the feather-stitching she was showing Constance.

Emma sat in the parlour alone stitching away at new table-cloths and sheets.

I had nothing to make it interesting; it was just stitching, stitching, stitching on seams!

Mr. Lee glanced almost stealthily at the work in her hands, and saw it was the bosom of a shirt, which she was stitching neatly.

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