Stitch Definition
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Wikipedia has an article on: Stitch Tied herringbone stitch.Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From 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-Germanic *stikiz (“prick, piercing, stitch”), from Proto-Indo-European *steg- (“to stab, pierce”). Cognate with Dutch steek (“prick, stitch”), German Stich (“a prick, piercing, stitch”), Old English stician (“to stick, stab, pierce, prick”). More at stick.
Noun
stitch (plural stitches)
- A single pass of a needle in sewing; the loop or turn of the thread thus made.
- An arrangement of stitches in sewing, or method of stitching in some particular way or style.
- cross stitch
- herringbone stitch
- (sports) An intense stabbing pain under the lower edge of the ribcage, caused by internal organs pulling downwards on the diaphragm during exercise.
- A single turn of the thread round a needle in knitting; a link, or loop, of yarn
- drop a stitch
- take up a stitch
- An arrangement of stitches in knitting, or method of knitting in some particular way or style.
- A space of work taken up, or gone over, in a single pass of the needle.
- Hence, by extension, any space passed over; distance.
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- You have gone a good stitch. — John Bunyan.
- In Syria the husbandmen go lightly over with their plow, and take no deep stitch in making their furrows. — Holland.
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- A local sharp pain; an acute pain, like the piercing of a needle.
- a stitch in the side
- Gilbert Burnet
- He was taken with a cold and with stitches, which was, indeed, a pleurisy.
- (obsolete) A contortion, or twist.
- Marston
- If you talk, Or pull your face into a stitch again, I shall be angry.
- Marston
- (colloquial) Any least part of a fabric or dress.
- to wet every stitch of clothes.
- She didn't have a stitch on
- A furrow. (Chapman)
Translations
single pass of the needle in sewing
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Etymology 2
From Old English stiċian
Verb
stitch (third-person singular simple present stitches, present participle stitching, simple past and past participle stitched)
- To form stitches in; especially, to sew in such a manner as to show on the surface a continuous line of stitches.
- to stitch a shirt bosom.
- To sew, or unite or attach by stitches.
- to stitch printed sheets in making a book or a pamphlet.
- 2011 November 10, Jeremy Wilson, “England Under 21 5 Iceland Under 21 0: match report”, Telegraph:
- With such focus from within the footballing community this week on Remembrance Sunday, there was something appropriate about Colchester being the venue for last night’s game. Troops from the garrison town formed a guard of honour for both sets of players, who emerged for the national anthem with poppies proudly stitched into their tracksuit jackets.
- (agriculture) To form land into ridges.
- (intransitive) To practice/practise stitching or needlework.
- (computing, graphics) To combine two or more photographs of the same scene into a single image.
- I can use this software to stitch together a panorama.
Synonyms
- (form stitches in): sew
- (unite by stitches): sew, sew together, stitch together
- (form land into ridges): plough (British), plow (US)
Translations
form stitches in — see sew unite by stitches — see sew together agriculture: to form land into ridges — see plough/plow To practice stitchingDerived terms
Terms derived from stitch (noun or verb)
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Stitch
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search Look up stitch in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Stitch may refer to:- Stitch (textile arts), a single loop of thread or yarn in the textile arts
- Blanket stitch, used to reinforce the edge of thick materials
- Cable knitting is a style of knitting in which the order of stitches is permuted
- Chain stitch in which a series of looped stitches form a chain-like pattern
- Cross-stitch
- Embroidery stitch
- Garter stitch, the most basic form of welting
- Lock stitch
- Surgical suture, a method of medical care to close wounds
- Music
- The Stitches, a U.S. punk rock band
- Stitches (Welsh band), a Welsh Christian / hip hop band
- "Stitches/Dissention", a single by American synth rock band Orgy, remixed by Steven Held who works under nickname Stitch
- Rick Thomas, the sampler for Mushroomhead who goes by the alias "ST1TCH"
- Stitches (album), a 2003 album by The Boggs
- Stitches, a song by Allele from the album Point Of Origin
- Other meanings
- Side stitch, an intense stabbing pain during exercise
- Image stitching, the process of combining multiple images to produce a panorama or high-resolution image, most commonly through the use of computer software
- Stitch and glue, a DIY method
- Stitch (Lilo & Stitch), one of the main characters from the 2002 41st animated Disney film Lilo & Stitch
- Stitch! The Movie, a direct-to-video animated spinoff of Lilo & Stitch
- Stitch!, a scheduled anime produced by Disney and Madhouse
- Stitch (comics), a fictional Canadian superheroine from Marvel Comics
- Stitches: The Journal of Medical Humour, a Canadian humour magazine
- Stitches (store), a Canadian store
- Stitches (film), a 1985 comedy film
- Stitches, the 2009 comics memoir by David Small
- Stitched, a 2010 documentary about art quilters
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