Crossword clues for sew
sew
- Fasten fabric
- Fabricate with needle and thread
- Fabricate with fabric
- Emulate a seamstress
- Embroider, perhaps
- Do some shift work?
- Do some needling
- Do some embroidery
- Do needlepoint
- Do a tailor's task
- Darn, for example
- Capture, with "up"
- Baste, e.g
- Attach applique
- Attach a patch, perhaps
- Assemble, as a dress
- Assemble a shirt
- Add a patch to, perhaps
- Work with stitches
- Work with some notions
- Work with a pattern, perhaps
- Work on hems
- Work on a sampler
- Work on a quilt
- Work on a patchwork
- Work on a hem, say
- Work in the costume department
- Work as a seamstress
- Work a pattern
- Work a needle and thread
- What wardrobe will do to torn denim
- What wardrobe will do to spandex rip
- What wardrobe will do to make a seam
- What to do when following a pattern
- What seamstresses do
- Verb that becomes its homophone by changing its vowel
- Use the Singer
- Use stitching
- Use pins and needles, say
- Use patterns, perhaps
- Use one's needle
- Use a pattern, maybe
- Use a needle, in a way
- Use a needle maybe
- Tend to a tear
- Tend to a rip, perhaps
- Take up, for example
- Tack, say
- Tack, e.g
- Suture, say
- Stitch with needle and thread
- Start on one's wardrobe?
- Singer's function
- Seam, e.g
- Run up a seam
- Resolve, with "up"
- Repair, as a torn top
- Repair rips, in a way
- Repair holes, perhaps
- Repair a sock
- Repair a rip, perhaps
- Repair a hem, for example
- Reattach a shirt button, perhaps
- Reattach a button, e.g
- Reattach a button
- Put on a patch, maybe
- Put on a button, say
- Put on a button
- Put into stitches
- Put a Singer to work
- Produce some duds
- Practice darts, maybe
- Patch, say
- Patch up torn jeans
- Patch things up?
- Patch things up, e.g
- One way to save old clothes
- One way to attach a button
- Mend, perhaps
- Mend, as a muffler
- Mend things
- Mend a ripped seam, say
- Mend a ripped seam
- Make zigzags, say
- Make stitches
- Make some clothes
- Make one's own clothes
- Make duds
- Make clothing
- Make a-mends?
- Make a slip, say
- Make a skirt
- Make a shirt
- Make a sampler, say
- Make a muumuu, e.g
- Make a mend, say
- Make a Halloween costume, say
- Make a cuff
- Keep in stitches?
- Insure, with "up"
- Install stitches
- Hem, but don't haw
- Hem but not haw
- Hem a skirt
- Hem a bit
- Follow a pattern, at times
- Fix, as a slip
- Fix the rent?
- Fix a rip
- Fix a hole, perhaps
- Fix a hem, perhaps
- Fix a hem
- Fasten with thread
- Fasten with stitches
- Fasten together, in a way
- Engage in seamy work
- Emulate Ms. Ross
- Ecclesiastes 3 verb
- Don't simply baste
- Do top/notch work?
- Do the seam thing
- Do some work on "Project Runway"
- Do some patchwork
- Do some hemming, say
- Do some hemming, for example
- Do some hemming
- Do some crewel things
- Do quilting or mending
- Do patchwork
- Do a seamy thing?
- Do a seamy activity?
- Do a home ec assignment
- Do a crewel thing
- Do a bit of needlework
- Develop duds
- Darn, say
- Darn, darn, darn!
- Darn that hole
- Darn something
- Darn socks, for example
- Darn or baste
- Darn a sock, for example
- Darn a sock or reattach a button, for example
- Darn a sock or adjust a hem
- Darn a pair of socks, perhaps
- Cross-stitch, perhaps
- Create dresses
- Create clothes
- Create a quilt
- Create a hem, e.g
- Cover up a hole, say
- Control exclusively, with "up"
- Clinch (with "up")
- Bring together, in a way
- Baste, perhaps
- Baste, maybe
- Baste, in a way
- Baste, for example
- Baste or hem
- Attach, with "on"
- Attach buttons
- Attach an applique
- Attach a patch, maybe
- Attach a patch, for example
- Attach a patch, e.g
- Attach a patch or replace a button, for example
- Attach a button, perhaps
- Attach a button, e.g
- Assure, with "up"
- Assemble with thread
- Assemble a sweater
- Assemble a dress
- Apply, as appliqué
- Applique something
- Alter, maybe
- Alter a hemline
- Affix some buttons, say
- Add to threads?
- "A time to" verb in Ecclesiastes
- "... and a time to ___": Eccles
- ''So'' homophone
- Successfully completed
- Embroider, e.g
- Put in stitches?
- Do darts
- Patch up, perhaps
- Finalize, with "up"
- Seam, say
- Employ a Singer, e.g
- Conclude, with "up"
- Stitch up
- Wrap (up)
- Pull some strings?
- Attach, as a patch
- Do tailoring
- Make dresses and things
- Make a seam
- Emulate Betsy Ross
- Finish (up)
- Needle a bit?
- Buttonhole, maybe
- Give a darn?
- Use a needle and thread
- Monopolize, with "up"
- Use a Singer machine, perhaps
- Darn it!
- Make darts, say
- Produce duds
- Work with a Singer
- Hem but not haw?
- Be in a bee
- Tailor-make
- Stitch (up)
- Tend to hems
- Darn, as socks
- Repair tears
- Clinch, with "up"
- Do some surgeon's work
- Darn, e.g.
- Follow a pattern, in a way
- Finish, with "up"
- Buttonhole, in a way
- Do some quilting
- Do zigzags, maybe
- Use needle and thread
- Leave in stitches?
- Singers do it
- Make clothes
- Follow a pattern, say?
- Embroider, e.g.
- Fashion clothes
- Tie up some loose ends?
- Secure, with "up"
- Do some needlework
- Do a darn good job?
- Do needlework
- Singers do this
- Use a Singer, say
- Put on a nonpolitical button, say
- Darn things, e.g
- "As you ___, so shall you rip"
- Ice, with "up"
- Baste, say
- Use Howe's device
- Fasten, in a way
- Do some shirring
- "... and a time to ___": Eccles.
- Emulate Dorcas
- Join a bee
- Make one's own wardrobe
- Overcast, e.g
- Make hems
- ___ up (get control of)
- Make seams and darts
- Attend to a tear
- Hem, not haw
- Fasten by stitching
- Backstitch
- ___ up (clinch)
- Meat dish
- Baste or shirr
- Use Howe's machine
- Do mending
- Use a darning egg
- "And ___ a fine seam"
- Wield the needle
- Ply a needle
- Fasten with filament
- Work with needles, thus, it’s reported
- Use a needle having three points?
- Do some tailoring
- Do a tailor's job
- Work with needles
- Buttonhole, e.g
- Work with needle and thread
- Stitch together
- Wield a needle
- One way to follow a pattern
- Attach, as a button
- Follow a pattern?
- Darn it all?
- Attach a patch, say
- Participate in a bee
- Follow a pattern, perhaps
- Do some stitching
- Do some darning, say
- Work on seams
- Fix seams
- Repair, as a tear
- Mend, in a way
- Make a quilt, e.g
- Create seams, e.g
- Do basting
- Darn, e.g
- Work with patterns
- Work on a seam, say
- Put together, in a way
- Make ends meet?
- Alter slacks
- Alter a skirt
- Work with thread
- So homophone
- Replace a button, say
- Mend with thread
- Make zigzags, maybe
- Make a dress, say
- Hem, e.g
- Hem, but not haw
- Do some mending
- Attach a button, say
- Wield needle and thread
- Take up, maybe
- Repair a tear
- Ply needle and thread
- Patch, perhaps
- Mend with a needle
- Mend a uniform
- Make seams, say
- Make darts
- Hem, say, but not haw
- Ensure, with "up"
- Emulate a tailor
- Do some basting
- Do embroidery, e.g
- Darn those socks!
- Create a dart, e.g
- Create a dart
- Apply appliqué
- Alter, perhaps
- Work with cloth
- Work on the quilt
- Work on a patchwork quilt
- Work as a tailor
- What wardrobe will do to torn spandex
- What tailors do
- Use thread
- Use stitches
- Use needle & thread
- Use a thimble
- Tie up loose ends?
- Take up a leg, in a way
- Take part in a quilting bee
- Take after a tailor
- Repair a seam, say
- Ply the needle
- Needle, in a way
- Needle a bit
- Mend with needle and thread
- Make like Ross
- Make a dart, e.g
- Lisa Hannigan "Sea ___"
- Join in a quilting bee
- Join a quilting bee
- Homophone of so
- Hem, perhaps
- Follow certain patterns?
- Follow a Simplicity pattern
- Follow a pattern, maybe
- Fix a seam, say
- Fix a seam, e.g
- Fix a seam
- Fix a hem, for example
- Fix a button, say
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Sew \Sew\, n.[OE. See Sewer household officer.]
Juice; gravy; a seasoned dish; a delicacy. [Obs.]
--Gower.
I will not tell of their strange sewes.
--Chaucer.
Sew \Sew\, v. t. [See Sue to follow.]
To follow; to pursue; to sue. [Obs.]
--Chaucer. Spenser.
Sew \Sew\, v. i. To practice sewing; to work with needle and thread.
Sew \Sew\, v. t. [[root]151 b. See Sewer a drain.]
To drain, as a pond, for taking the fish. [Obs.]
--Tusser.
Sew \Sew\, v. t. [imp. Sewed; p. p. Sewed, rarely Sewn; p. pr. & vb. n. Sewing.] [OE. sewen, sowen, AS. si['o]wian, s[=i]wian; akin to OHG. siuwan, Icel. s?ja, Sw. sy, Dan. sye, Goth. siujan, Lith. siuti, Russ, shite, L. ssuere, Gr. ????, Skr. siv. [root]156. Cf. Seam a suture, Suture.]
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To unite or fasten together by stitches, as with a needle and thread.
No man also seweth a piece of new cloth on an old garment.
--Mark ii. 21. To close or stop by ssewing; -- often with up; as, to sew up a rip.
To inclose by sewing; -- sometimes with up; as, to sew money in a bag.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Old English siwian "to stitch, sew, mend, patch, knit together," earlier siowian, from Proto-Germanic *siwjanan (cognates: Old Norse syja, Swedish sy, Danish sye, Old Frisian sia, Old High German siuwan, Gothic siujan "to sew"), from PIE root *syu- "to bind, sew" (cognates: Sanskrit sivyati "sews," sutram "thread, string;" Greek hymen "thin skin, membrane," hymnos "song;" Latin suere "to sew, sew together;" Old Church Slavonic šijo "to sew," šivu "seam;" Lettish siuviu, siuti "to sew," siuvikis "tailor;" Russian švec "tailor"). Related: Sewed; sewing. To sew (something) up "bring it to a conclusion" is a figurative use attested by 1904.
Wiktionary
Etymology 1 vb. 1 (context transitive English) To use a needle to pass thread repeatedly through (pieces of fabric) in order to join them together. 2 (context intransitive English) To use a needle to pass thread repeatedly through pieces of fabric in order to join them together. 3 (context transitive English) To enclose by sewing. Etymology 2
vb. (context obsolete transitive English) To drain, as a pond, for taking the fish.
WordNet
v. fasten by sewing; do needlework [syn: run up, sew together, stitch]
create (clothes) with cloth; "Can the seamstress sew me a suit by next week?" [syn: tailor, tailor-make]
[also: sewn]
Wikipedia
Usage examples of "sew".
Sew up the fish in a cloth dredged with flour, and boil in salted and acidulated water.
So he went to his place and fell asleep and slept long, while the women went down to acre and meadow, or saw to the baking of bread or the sewing of garments, or went far afield to tend the neat and the sheep.
But if she would like to come here this afternoon with her sewing, the neighbors are coming too, and so is Ali Aga, to amuse us.
That dark, wire-haired woman Kumul had found to measure up Ager and then sew and stitch the blue jerkin and pants was a miracle worker.
Now Henri, in plain white sewn with silver aiglettes, his black hair shining, looking well, touched the Book, kissed the Cross and was taking the oath.
Eight wore the skins typical of the Akka people, furs and hides sewn into clothing.
What a preposterous glut of paper and ink he has amassed, loose leaves and envelopes and journals with spines and notebooks sewn with string, all neatly filled with his blockish, inelegant handwriting, all annotated with symbols in his own private code, signifying such things as further study needed or but is this really true?
She were lying under a down quiltme wedding gift to the bride, Hindoo lady up in Ponda sewed it for mebut just as we came in she shrugged it off, and you could see her bare as a babby to the waist.
His arm already had been swabbed with iodine, sewn up and bandaged and in a sling and he was thanking his luck that his wound was relatively superficial.
And he recognised the beadle, holding under his arms and balancing against his stomach some twenty large sewn volumes.
The three of them would form the Marspan Iowa Consort, to which end Boa had already sewn together a sort of banner of welcome and hung it across the whole width of the music room.
Nyce had ever worn to the Cacodemonic Carnivals on Soma Plume: sixty-one outfits, all set with precious jewels and sewn with Thread of Sirius.
In the bowels of the caravanserai, young ladies who a year before had been hand-weaving cloth for clothing and hand sewing same were using computers to analyze voice intercepts, running satellite communications gear and managing one of the most advanced battlefield networks to be found in the world.
Like the Arab ships of yore, it was sewn togethernot by coir, as in the ancient seagoing vessels, but by thousands upon thousands of miles of rope made from monofilament fiber.
The dressmakers were hard at work, the mother cutting and the daughter sewing, but, as progress could not be too rapid, I told the mother that she would oblige us if she could procure another seamstress who spoke French.