re stitch
noun
1.
one complete movement of a threaded needle through a fabric or material such as to leave behind it a single loop or portion of thread, as in sewing, embroidery, or the surgical closing of wounds.
2.
a loop or portion of thread disposed in place by one such movement in sewing: to rip out stitches.
3.
a particular mode of disposing the thread in sewing or the style of work produced by one such method.
4.
one complete movement of the needle or other implement used in knitting, crocheting, netting, tatting, etc.
5.
the portion of work produced.
verb (used with object)
9.
to work upon, join, mend, or fasten with or as if with stitches; sew (often followed by together ): to stitch together flour sacks to make curtains; a plan that was barely stitched together.
10.
to ornament or embellish with stitches: to stitch a shirt with a monogram.
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verb (used without object)
Idioms 11.
to make stitches, join together, or sew.
12.
in stitches, convulsed with laughter: The comedian had us in stitches all evening.
Origin:
before 900; (noun) Middle English stiche, Old English stice a thrust, stab; cognate with German Stich prick; akin to stick2; (v.) Middle English stichen to stab, pierce, derivative of the noun
before 900; (noun) Middle English stiche, Old English stice a thrust, stab; cognate with German Stich prick; akin to stick2; (v.) Middle English stichen to stab, pierce, derivative of the noun
Related forms
stitch·er, noun
stitch·like, adjective
re·stitch, verb (used with object)
un·stitch, verb
un·stitched, adjective
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stitch (stɪtʃ) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a link made by drawing a thread through material by means of a needle |
| 2. | a loop of yarn formed around an implement used in knitting, crocheting, etc |
| 3. | a particular method of stitching or shape of stitch |
| 4. | a sharp spasmodic pain in the side resulting from running or exercising |
| 5. | informal (usually used with a negative) the least fragment of clothing: he wasn't wearing a stitch |
| 6. | agriculture the ridge between two furrows |
| 7. | drop a stitch to allow a loop of wool to fall off a knitting needle accidentally while knitting |
| 8. | informal in stitches laughing uncontrollably |
| —vb | |
| 9. | (tr) to sew, fasten, etc, with stitches |
| 10. | (intr) to be engaged in sewing |
| 11. | (tr) to bind together (the leaves of a book, pamphlet, etc) with wire staples or thread |
| —n, —vb | |
| 12. | suture an informal word for suture |
| [Old English stice sting; related to Old Frisian steke, Old High German stih, Gothic stiks, Old Norse tikta sharp] | |
| 'stitcher | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
stitch
O.E. stice "a prick, puncture," from P.Gmc. *stikiz, from the root of stick (v.). The sense of "sudden, stabbing pain in the side" was in late O.E. The verb is first recorded early 13c., "to stab, pierce," also "to fasten or adorn with stitches." Noun senses in sewing and
shoemaking first recorded late 13c.; meaning "bit of clothing one is (or isn't) wearing" is from c.1500. Meaning "a stroke of work" (of any kind) is attested from 1580s. Surgical sense first recorded 1525. Sense of "amusing person or thing" is 1968, from notion of laughing so much one gets stitches of pain (cf. verbal expression to have (someone) in stitches, 1935).
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Medical Dictionary
stitch (stĭch)
n.
A sudden sharp pain, especially in the side.
A single suture.
To suture.
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