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Stitching
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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.
EXPANDthe portion of work produced.
6.
a thread, bit, or piece of any fabric or of clothing: to remove every stitch of clothes.
7.
the least bit of anything: He wouldn't do a stitch of work.
8.
COLLAPSEa sudden, sharp pain, especially in the intercostal muscles: a stitch in the side.
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.
verb (used without object)
Idiom11.
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
EXPANDwell-stitched, adjective
COLLAPSE
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Etymonline
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
EXPAND 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).
COLLAPSE
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American Heritage
Medical Dictionary
stitch (stĭch)
n.
A sudden sharp pain, especially in the side.
A single suture.
To suture.
The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
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