stitch
A single pass of a needle in sewingA single pass of a needle in sewing; the loop or turn of the thread thus made.
» A stitch in time saves nine.
Vorbeugen ist besser als heilen.
Один стежок, но вовремя, стоит девяти.
Хороша ложка к обеду.
Дорога ложка к обеду.
Дорого яичко ко Христову дню.
Дорога ложка до обіду.
Дорого яєчко до Христового дня.
Один стібок, зроблений вчасно, скасовує необхідність у дев'яти пізніше.
Meaning
14 senses(countable)A single pass of a needle in sewing; the loop or turn of the thread thus made.
a link or loop or knot made by an implement in knitting, crocheting, embroidery, or sewing
A single pass of a needle in sewing; the loop or turn of the thread thus made.
(countable, uncountable)A single pass of a surgical suture (to sew the edges of a wound together)
I cut myself badly while cooking and needed to go to hospital to get stitches.
(countable, uncountable)An arrangement of stitches in sewing, or method of stitching in some particular way or style.
cross stitch
herringbone stitch
Stich
(countable, uncountable)An intense stabbing pain under the lower edge of the ribcage, brought on by exercise or laughing.
I've got a stitch. I'm going to have to stop and rest.
After about fifteen minutes I got terrible stitch.
Seitenstechen
(countable, uncountable)A local sharp pain (anywhere); an acute pain, like the piercing of a needle.
a stitch in the side
Stechen
резьrezʹ
a sharp spasm of pain in the side resulting from running
(countable, uncountable)A single turn of the thread round a needle in knitting; a link, or loop, of yarn
drop a stitch
take up a stitch
Masche
петляpetlja
(countable, uncountable)An arrangement of stitches in knitting, or method of knitting in some particular way or style.
Strickmuster
(countable, uncountable)A space of work taken up, or gone over, in a single pass of the needle.
(countable, uncountable)A fastening, as of thread or wire, through the back of a book to connect the pages.
(broadly, countable, uncountable)Any space passed over; distance.
(colloquial, countable, uncountable)Any least part of a fabric or clothing.
to wet every stitch of clothes
She didn’t have a stitch (of clothing) on.
(countable, uncountable)An incorporation of an existing video into a new one, resulting in a collaborative clip that shows the two videos in a sequence.
Examples
88 sentencesA stitch in time saves nine.
Дорога ложка до обіду.
ruОдин стежок, но вовремя, стоит девяти.
deVorbeugen ist besser als heilen.
I had to get seven stitches.
Am I going to need stitches?
ruМне понадобятся швы?
How many stitches did you get?
I think that Tom needs stitches.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English stiche, from Old English stiċe (“a prick, puncture, stab, thrust withFrom Middle English stiche, from Old English stiċe (“a prick, puncture, stab, thrust with a pointed implement, pricking sensation, stitch, pain in the side, sting”), from Proto-West Germanic *stiki, from Proto-Germanic *stikiz (“prick, piercing, stitch”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)teyg- (“to stab, pierce”).
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Forms
plural: stitchesWord family
70 related wordsLessons for this word
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