sew
Part of speech: verb
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Middle English sewen, seowen, sowen, from Old English siwian, seowian, seowan (“to sew, mend, patch, knit together, link, unite”), from Proto-Germanic *siwjaną (“to sew”), from Proto-Indo-European *syewH- (“to sew”). Cognate with Scots sew, North Frisian saie, sei, Saterland Frisian säie, Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish sy, and, more distantly, Polish szyć, Russian шить (šitʹ), Latin suō, Sanskrit सीव्यति (sī́vyati). Related to seam.
Inflected forms:
form: sews
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: sewing
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: sewed
pos: verb
tags: past
form: sewn
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: sewed
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: sewen
pos: verb
tags: obsolete
participle
past
form: no-table-tags
pos: verb
tags: table-tags
form: glossary
pos: verb
tags: inflection-template
form: sew
pos: verb
tags: infinitive
form: sew
pos: verb
tags: first-person
present
singular
form: sewed
pos: verb
tags: first-person
past
singular
form: sew
pos: verb
tags: present
second-person
singular
form: sewest
pos: verb
tags: archaic
present
second-person
singular
form: sewed
pos: verb
tags: past
second-person
singular
form: sewedst
pos: verb
tags: archaic
past
second-person
singular
form: sews
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: seweth
pos: verb
tags: archaic
present
singular
third-person
form: sewed
pos: verb
tags: past
singular
third-person
form: sew
pos: verb
tags: plural
present
form: sewed
pos: verb
tags: past
plural
form: sew
pos: verb
tags: present
subjunctive
form: sewed
pos: verb
tags: past
subjunctive
form: sew
pos: verb
tags: imperative
present
form: -
pos: verb
tags: imperative
past
form: sewing
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: sewn
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: sewed
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: sewen
pos: verb
tags: archaic
participle
past
Senses:
gloss: To use a needle to pass thread repeatedly through (pieces of fabric) in order to join them together.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: Balls were first made of grass or leaves held together by strings, and later of pieces of animal skin sewn together and stuffed with feathers or hay.
She [Kate Spade] took the label, which originally had been on the inside of the bag, and sewed it to the outside.
gloss: To use a needle to pass thread repeatedly through pieces of fabric in order to join them together.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
gloss: Followed by into: to enclose by sewing.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: to sew money into a bag
Synonyms: stitch
Derived words: besew
cut and sew
homesewn
missew
no-sew
outsew
oversew
presew
resew
re-sew
sewability
sewable
sew buttons
sew buttons on your underwear
sewist
sewless
sewround
sewster
sew up
sew-ups
unsew
Translations:
lang: Ainu
word: ケメィキ
roman: kemeyki
lang: Aklanon
word: tahi'
lang: Northern Altai
word: кӧктӧерге
roman: köktöerge
lang: Northern Altai
word: тигерге
roman: tigerge
lang: Southern Altai
word: тигер
roman: tiger
lang: Arabic
word: خَاطَ
roman: ḵāṭa
lang: Arabic
word: خَيَّطَ
roman: ḵayyaṭa
lang: Armenian
word: կարել
roman: karel
lang: Aromanian
word: cos
lang: Assamese
word: সীয়া
roman: xia
lang: Assamese
word: চিলোৱা
roman: silüa
lang: Bashkir
word: тегеү
roman: tegew
lang: Belarusian
word: шыць
roman: šycʹ
lang: Bislama
word: somap
lang: Breton
word: gwriat
lang: Bulgarian
word: ши́я
roman: šíja
lang: Burmese
word: ချုပ်
roman: hkyup
lang: Catalan
word: cosir
lang: Cebuano
word: tahi
lang: Chechen
word: тега
roman: tega
lang: Hakka Chinese
word: 攣 /挛
roman: lionˇ
lang: Chinese
word: 紩 /𮉢
roman: zh-min-nan
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 縫 /缝
roman: féng
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 縫製 /缝制
roman: féngzhì
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 縫紉 /缝纫
roman: féngrèn
lang: Czech
word: šít
lang: Dalmatian
word: coser
lang: Danish
word: sy
lang: Dutch
word: naaien
lang: Esperanto
word: kudri
lang: Evenki
word: улли-
roman: ulli-
lang: Extremaduran
word: cosel
lang: Finnish
word: ommella
lang: French
word: coudre
lang: Friulian
word: cusî
lang: Galician
word: coser
lang: Georgian
word: კერვა
roman: ḳerva
lang: German
word: nähen
lang: Gothic
word: 𐍃𐌹𐌿𐌾𐌰𐌽
roman: siujan
lang: Greek
word: ράβω
roman: rávo
lang: Ancient Greek
word: ῥάπτω
roman: rháptō
lang: Ancient Greek
word: κασσύω
roman: kassúō
lang: Greenlandic
word: mersorpaa
lang: Haitian Creole
word: koud
lang: Hawaiian
word: humuhumu
lang: Hebrew
word: תָּפַר
roman: tafár
lang: Higaonon
word: tahi
lang: Hindi
word: सीना
roman: sīnā
lang: Hindi
word: सिलना
roman: silnā
lang: Hungarian
word: varr
lang: Hunsrik
word: nehe
lang: Icelandic
word: sauma
lang: Ido
word: sutar
lang: Ilocano
word: agdait
lang: Ilocano
word: daiten
lang: Indonesian
word: jahit
lang: Indonesian
word: menjahit
lang: Ingrian
word: ommella
lang: Irish
word: fuaigh
lang: Isnag
word: daxet
lang: Italian
word: cucire
lang: Japanese
word: 縫う
roman: nuu
lang: Japanese
word: 縫製する
roman: hōsei suru
lang: Javanese
word: dondom
lang: Jeju
word: 줍다
roman: jupda
lang: Kapampangan
word: tai
lang: Kashubian
word: szëc
lang: Khmer
word: ដេរ
roman: dee
lang: Korean
word: 깁다
roman: gipda
lang: Korean
word: 꿰매다
roman: kkwemaeda
lang: Central Kurdish
word: دوورین
roman: dûrîn
lang: Kyrgyz
word: тикүү
roman: tiküü
lang: Ladino
word: kuzir
lang: Lao
word: ຫຍິບ
roman: nyip
lang: Lao
word: ສນະ
roman: sa na
lang: Latgalian
word: šyut
lang: Latin
word: suō
lang: Latvian
word: šūt
lang: Lingala
word: sono
lang: Lingala
word: tonga
lang: Lithuanian
word: siūti
lang: Lombard
word: cusì
lang: Lombard
word: cüsì
lang: Luxembourgish
word: bitzen
lang: Luxembourgish
word: néien
lang: Macedonian
word: ши́е
roman: šíe
lang: Malay
word: jahit
lang: Manchu
word: ᡠᡶᡳᠮᠪᡳ
roman: ufimbi
lang: Mansaka
word: tai
lang: Manx
word: whaal
lang: Manx
word: fuaill
lang: Māori
word: tuitui
lang: Nanai
word: улпи-
roman: ulpi-
lang: Norman
word: couôtre
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: sy
lang: Norwegian Nynorsk
word: sy
lang: Occitan
word: cordurar
lang: Occitan
word: cóser
lang: Oromo
word: hodhuu
lang: Ossetian
word: хуийын
roman: xwijyn
lang: Persian
word: دوختن
roman: duxtan
lang: Persian
word: آجیدن
roman: âjidan
lang: Polish
word: szyć
lang: Portuguese
word: costurar
lang: Portuguese
word: coser
lang: Quechua
word: siray
lang: Quechua
word: sirai
lang: Quechua
word: hirai
lang: Romanian
word: coase
lang: Romansh
word: cuser
lang: Romansh
word: cusir
lang: Russian
word: шить
roman: šitʹ
lang: Northern Sami
word: goarrut
lang: Sanskrit
word: सीव्यति
roman: sī́vyati
lang: Santali
word: ᱨᱳᱜ
roman: rok’
lang: Sardinian
word: cosie
lang: Sardinian
word: cosire
lang: Sardinian
word: cusiri
lang: Sardinian
word: cusire
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: fuaigheil
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: šivati
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: шивати
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: šiti
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: шити
lang: Sicilian
word: cùsiri
lang: Sicilian
word: nchimari
lang: Sindhi
word: سِبَڻُ
roman: sibaṇu
lang: Slovak
word: šiť
lang: Slovene
word: šivati
lang: Lower Sorbian
word: šyś
lang: Upper Sorbian
word: šić
lang: Spanish
word: coser
lang: Sudovian
word: shūt
lang: Sundanese
word: kaput
lang: Sundanese
word: ngaput
lang: Swahili
word: shona
lang: Swedish
word: sy
lang: Tagalog
word: magtahi
lang: Tagalog
word: tahiin
lang: Tamil
word: தை
roman: tai
lang: Tausug
word: tahi
lang: Thai
word: เย็บ
roman: yép
lang: Tibetan
word: བཙེམས
roman: btsems
lang: Tok Pisin
word: samapim
lang: Tooro
word: -baziira
lang: Tooro
word: -sona
lang: Turkish
word: dikmek
lang: Ukrainian
word: ши́ти
roman: šýty
lang: Urdu
word: سینا
roman: sīnā
lang: Urdu
word: سلنا
roman: silnā
lang: Urdu
word: سلانا
roman: silānā
lang: Vietnamese
word: khâu
lang: Vietnamese
word: may
lang: Volapük
word: nägön
lang: Yakut
word: тик
roman: tik
lang: Yámana
word: umaka
lang: Yiddish
word: נייען
roman: neyen
lang: Yoruba
word: rán
lang: Zealandic
word: naoie
lang: Ainu
word: ケメィキ
roman: kemeyki
lang: Arabic
word: خَاطَ
roman: ḵāṭa
lang: Armenian
word: կարել
roman: karel
lang: Bashkir
word: тегеү
roman: tegew
lang: Bashkir
word: тегенеү
roman: tegenew
lang: Catalan
word: cosir
lang: Cherokee
word: ᎦᏰᏫᏍᎦ
roman: gayewisga
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 縫紉 /缝纫
roman: féngrèn
lang: Czech
word: šít
lang: Danish
word: sy
lang: Dutch
word: naaien
lang: Finnish
word: ommella
lang: Galician
word: coser
lang: German
word: nähen
lang: Greek
word: ράβω
roman: rávo
lang: Ancient Greek
word: ῥάπτω
roman: rháptō
lang: Greenlandic
word: mersorpoq
lang: Hindi
word: सीना
roman: sīnā
lang: Hindi
word: सिलना
roman: silnā
lang: Hungarian
word: varr
lang: Ingrian
word: ommella
lang: Italian
word: cucire
lang: Korean
word: 바느질하다
roman: baneujilhada
lang: Latin
word: suō
lang: Lingala
word: tonga
lang: Manx
word: whaal
lang: Manx
word: fuaill
lang: Māori
word: tuitui
lang: Navajo
word: náʼáłkad
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: sy
lang: Norwegian Nynorsk
word: sy
lang: Occitan
word: cóser
lang: Portuguese
word: costurar
lang: Portuguese
word: coser
lang: Romanian
word: coase
lang: Russian
word: шить
roman: šitʹ
lang: Northern Sami
word: goarrut
lang: Sanskrit
word: सीव्यति
roman: sī́vyati
lang: Santali
word: ᱨᱳᱜ
roman: rok’
lang: Sicilian
word: cùsiri
lang: Sicilian
word: nchimari
lang: Sindhi
word: سِبَڻُ
roman: sibaṇu
lang: Spanish
word: coser
lang: Thai
word: เย็บ
roman: yép
lang: Tok Pisin
word: samap
lang: Yiddish
word: נייען
roman: neyen
lang: Zealandic
word: naoie