Definitions for sew

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sew sew

Spelling: [soh]

IPA: /soʊ/

Sew is a 3 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 6 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 6 points.

You can make 10 anagrams from letters in sew (esw).

Definitions for sew

noun

1. the amount of additional water necessary to float a grounded vessel.

Verb phrases

1. sew up, Informal. to get or have a monopoly of; control exclusively. Informal. to complete or conclude (arrangements, negotiations, etc.) successfully: to gain or be assured of:

verb (used with object)

1. to join or attach by stitches.
2. to make, repair, etc., (a garment) by such means.
3. to enclose or secure with stitches:
4. to close (a hole, wound, etc.) by means of stitches (usually followed by up).
5. to ground (a vessel) at low tide (sometimes fol by up).

verb (used without object)

1. to work with a needle and thread or with a sewing machine.
2. (of a vessel) to be grounded at low tide.

Origin of sew

before 900; Middle English sewen, Old English siw(i)an; cognate with Old High German siuwan, Gothic siujan, Latin suere (see suture); akin to s

Examples for sew

Here I must bide, and talk and sew and spin, and spin and sew and talk.

Except for the thread he used to sew the remnants together, everything was recycled.

The enemy is also improving its ability to infiltrate and sew dissent among the Afghan security forces' ranks.

You could sew lead piping into that and it wouldn't show up.

It also takes years of training to be able to sew, embroider, bead, and otherwise embellish these clothes.

I sew, glue, glitter, cut, and tie numerous things onto my products to make the final creation.

They could cook, sew, imitate birds, and read things in the stars.

Scald and flour a cloth, and sew, or tie, the pudding firmly in it.

However, Christine had not put out any work, she felt too much moved to sew.

Stuff the body of the hare with this force-meat, and sew it up.