stitch
5 ENTRIES FOUND:
plural
stitches
plural
stitches
Britannica Dictionary definition of STITCH
1
[count]
:
a piece of thread that is passed through a piece of material with a needle
—
see also cross-stitch
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the stitches on a baseball
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She pulled out the stitches.
2
[count]
medical
:
a special piece of thread that is used to hold a large cut or wound closed
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His cut required six stitches.
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She gets her stitches removed tomorrow.
3
a
[count]
:
a single loop of thread or yarn that is wrapped around a tool (such as a knitting needle) and is linked to other loops to make fabric
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After knitting another row she realized she had dropped a stitch. [=let a loop fall off a knitting needle]
b
:
a particular type or style of stitch used in sewing, knitting, crocheting, etc.
[count]
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The book teaches a variety of stitches.
[noncount]
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a scarf worked in knit/purl stitch
4
[count]
:
a sudden sharp pain in your side
— usually singular
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I've got a stitch (in my side).
a stitch
informal
◊ If you are not wearing a stitch, do not have a stitch on, etc., you are naked.
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She wasn't wearing a stitch (of clothes/clothing).
a stitch in time (saves nine)
◊ The phrase a stitch in time (saves nine) means that it is better to fix a problem when it is small than to wait and let it become a bigger problem.
in stitches
informal
:
laughing very hard
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His jokes had us all in stitches.
2
stitch
/ˈstɪtʃ/
verb
stitches;
stitched;
stitching
2
stitch
/ˈstɪtʃ/
verb
stitches;
stitched;
stitching
Britannica Dictionary definition of STITCH
[+ object]
1
:
to use a needle and thread to make or repair (something, such as a piece of clothing)
:
to join (something, such as a piece of fabric or a button) to something else with stitches
:
sew
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He stitched a patch onto his coat.
2
:
to make (something, such as a design) out of stitches
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Her initials were stitched on the pillowcase.
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He stitched a design along the border of the tablecloth.
stitch together
[phrasal verb]
stitch (something) together
or
stitch together (something)
:
to make (something) out of many different things
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I stitched together a novel from several stories I had written earlier.
stitch up
[phrasal verb]
1
stitch (someone or something) up
or
stitch up (someone or something)
:
to use a needle and thread to close a large cut or wound on someone
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The doctor stitched him up. = The doctor stitched up his wound.
2
stitch (someone) up
or
stitch up (someone)
British, informal
:
to make (an innocent person) appear to be guilty of a crime
:
frame
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They stitched him up for murder.
3
stitch (something) up
or
stitch up (something)
British, informal
:
to do the final things that are needed to complete (something) in a successful way
:
to finish or do (something) successfully
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The mayor stitched up a deal with the union.
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We thought that we had the game stitched up. [=sewn up; we thought we were definitely going to win the game]
