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sewing (root: sew)

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Noun

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sew=ing

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun sewing has 2 senses

sewing(n = noun.act) stitching - joining or attaching by stitches; Array

is a kind of handicraft

has particulars: blind stitching, suturing

Derived form verb sew₁

sewing(n = noun.artifact) stitchery - needlework on which you are working with needle and thread; "she put her sewing back in the basket"

has particulars: applique, binding, gather, gathering, darn, mend, patch, patchwork, stitch

is a kind of needlecraft, needlework

Derived form verb sew₂

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CIDE DICTIONARY

sewing, n.

The act or occupation of one who sews. [1913 Webster]
That which is sewed with the needle. [1913 Webster]

Sewing horse (Harness making), a clamp, operated by the foot, for holding pieces of leather while being sewed. -- Sewing machine, a machine for sewing or stitching. -- Sewing press, or Sewing table (Bookbinding), a fixture or table having a frame in which are held the cords to which the back edges of folded sheets are sewed to form a book.

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

sewing, n. a piece of material or work to be sewn.

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THESAURUS

sewing

Smyth sewing, applique, backing, baste, bibliopegy, bind, binder board, binding, book cloth, book cover, book jacket, bookbinding, bookcase, buttonhole, case, casemaking, casing-in, collating, collating mark, cover, crochet, cross-stitch, dust cover, dust jacket, embroider, fell, folding, footband, gather, gathering, gluing-off, hard binding, headband, jacket, knit, library binding, lining, lining-up, machine-stitch, mechanical binding, niggerhead, overcast, overhand, perfect binding, plastic binding, purl, quilt, renter, rounding, run, saddle stitching, saddle-stitch, seam, side sewing, signature, single-stitch, slipcase, slipcover, smashing, soft binding, spiral binding, stamping, stapling, tack, tailband, tat, tipping, trimming, whip, whipstitch, wire stitching, wrapper

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