Meaning

2 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)The action of the verb to sew.

    Nähen

    шитьёšitʹjó

    шиття́šyttjá

  2. (countable, uncountable)Something that is being or has been sewn.

    She put down her sewing and went to answer the door.

    The sewing has come undone on this seam.

    поши́вpošív, вы́шивкаvýšivka

More definitions
  • joining or attaching by stitches
  • needlework on which you are working with needle and thread

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
action of the verb to sew:
Русский
By meaning 2
action of the verb to sew:
something that is being or has been sewn:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
action of the verb to sew:

Origin

From Middle English sewinge, seuinge, seuwinge (“sewing”), equivalent to sew + -ing.

From Middle English sewinge, seuinge, seuwinge (“sewing”), equivalent to sew + -ing.

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Forms

plural: sewings
Singularsewing
Pluralsewings

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • joining or attaching by stitches:stitching
  • needlework on which you are working with needle and thread:stitchery

Word family

7 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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