Stitch

Noun

 * 1) A single pass of a needle in sewing; the loop or turn of the thread thus made.
 * 2) An arrangement of stitches in sewing, or method of stitching in some particular way or style.
 * cross stitch
 * herringbone stitch
 * 1)  An intense stabbing pain under the lower edge of the ribcage, caused by internal organs pulling downwards on the diaphragm during exercise.
 * 2) A single turn of the thread round a needle in knitting; a link, or loop, of yarn
 * drop a stitch
 * take up a stitch
 * 1) An arrangement of stitches in knitting, or method of knitting in some particular way or style.
 * 2) A space of work taken up, or gone over, in a single pass of the needle.
 * 3) Hence, by extension, any space passed over; distance.
 * You have gone a good stitch. &mdash; John Bunyan.
 * In Syria the husbandmen go lightly over with their plow, and take no deep stitch in making their furrows. &mdash; Holland.
 * 1) A local sharp pain; an acute pain, like the piercing of a needle.
 * a stitch in the side
 * 1) * Gilbert Burnet
 * He was taken with a cold and with stitches, which was, indeed, a pleurisy.
 * 1)  A contortion, or twist.
 * 2) * Marston
 * If you talk, Or pull your face into a stitch again, I shall be angry.
 * 1)  Any least part of a fabric or dress.
 * to wet every stitch of clothes.
 * She didn't have a stitch on
 * 1) A furrow. (Chapman)

Verb

 * 1) 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.
 * 1) To sew, or unite by stitches.
 * to stitch printed sheets in making a book or a pamphlet.
 * 1)  To form land into ridges.
 * 2)  To practice/practise stitching or needlework.
 * 3)  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)

Thesaurus
French knot, ache, acute pain, ankle, articulate, articulation, batten, batten down, bit, bite, bolt, boring pain, boundary, buckle, butt, button, cervix, chain stitch, charley horse, chip, chunk, clasp, cleat, clinch, clip, clipping, closure, collop, connecting link, connecting rod, connection, coupling, cramp, cramps, crick, cross-stitch, crumb, cut, cutting, darting pain, dollop, dovetail, elbow, embrace, end, fragment, fulgurant pain, girdle pain, gliding joint, gnawing, gob, gobbet, griping, hasp, hinge, hinged joint, hip, hitch, hook, hunk, interface, jam, join, joining, joint, jumping pain, juncture, kink, knee, knuckle, lancinating pain, latch, link, lock, lump, misery, miter, modicum, moiety, morceau, morsel, mortise, nail, neck, needle, needlepoint, nip, pang, paring, paroxysm, particle, patch, peg, picot, piece, pin, pinch, pivot, pivot joint, prick, rabbet, rasher, rivet, scarf, scoop, scrap, screw, seam, seizure, sew, sew up, shard, sharp pain, shaving, shiver, shoot, shooting, shooting pain, shoulder, shred, skewer, slice, sliver, smithereen, snack, snap, snatch, snick, snip, snippet, spasm, splinter, stab, stabbing pain, staple, stick, stockinette, stump, suture, symphysis, tack, tag, tailor, tatter, thrill, throes, tie rod, toggle, toggle joint, tormen, treble, tweak, twinge, twitch, union, wedge, weld, whipstitch, wrench, wrist, zipper

Etymology 1
From stiche:, from  stice:, from, from. Cognate with steek:,  Stich:,  stician:. More at.

Etymology 2
From stician:

Noun

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 * Kurdish:
 * Manx: lhoob


 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: стежок
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: stygn
 * Telugu: కుట్టు (kuTTu)


 * Czech:
 * Manx: lhoob


 * Swedish: söm


 * French:


 * Swedish: håll, mjälthugg


 * Danish:
 * French: ,
 * Italian: ,
 * Manx: lhoob


 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: maska


 * Manx: lhoob


 * Swedish: stickning


 * Finnish:
 * French:


 * Portuguese: pontada


 * Swedish: tråd

Related terms

 * a stitch in time saves nine
 * blanket stitch
 * be in stitches
 * cable stitch
 * chain stitch
 * cross-stitch
 * drop a stitch
 * garter stitch
 * herringbone stitch
 * lock stitch
 * moss stitch
 * pearl stitch, purl stitch
 * rib stitch
 * running stitch
 * stem stitch
 * stitch up
 * stocking stitch
 * take up a stitch