Dictionary Definition
stitch
Noun
1 sewing consisting of a link or loop or knot
made by drawing a threaded needle through a fabric
2 a sharp spasm of pain in the side resulting
from running v : fasten by sewing; do needlework [syn: sew, run up, sew
together]
User Contributed Dictionary
Etymology 1
Old English stiċeNoun
- 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
- cross stitch
- 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
- drop 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.
- Quotations
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- You have gone a good stitch. — Bunyan.
- In Syria the husbandmen go lightly over with their plow, and take no deep stitch in making their furrows. — Holland.
- You have gone a good stitch. — Bunyan.
- A local sharp pain; an acute pain, like the piercing of a
needle.
- a stitch in the side
- Quotations
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- He was taken with a cold and with stitches, which was, indeed, a pleurisy. — Bp. Burnet.
- a stitch in the side
- A contortion, or twist.
- Quotations
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- If you talk, Or pull your face into a stitch again, I shall be angry. — Marston.
- Any least part of a fabric or dress.
- to wet every stitch of clothes.
- She didn't have a stitch on
- to wet every stitch of clothes.
- A furrow. (Chapman)
Translations
single pass of the needle in sewing
arrangement of stitches or method of stitching
in sewing
- Czech: steh
arrangement of stitches or method of stitching
in knitting
space of work gone over in a single pass of the
needle
any space passed over; distance
obsolete: a contortion, or twist
colloquial: any least part of a fabric or dress
furrow See furrow
Etymology 2
Old English stiċianVerb
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 sewunite by stitches See sew
together
Synonyms
Translations
See sewRelated terms
Extensive Definition
Stitch may refer to: A method of securing thread
into textiles in embroidery
and sewing or creating fabrics in knitting and crochet. It may also be a method
of medical care to close wounds known as sutures or stitches.
- There are many types of stitches, including:
- 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
- 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, released on August 26, 2003.
- Stitch!, a scheduled anime produced by Disney and Madhouse.
- Stitch, a fictional Canadian superheroine from Marvel Comics.
- Stitches: The Journal of Medical Humour, a Canadian humour magazine
- Stitches (Australian band), an Australian experimental music group
- The Stitches, a U.S. punk rock band
- Stitches (Welsh band), a Welsh electronica band
- Stitch (breakcore), a UK free party / breakcore artist.
- "Stitches/Dissention" is a single by American synth rock band Orgy.
- "Stitches" is a single by American hard rock band Allele.
- Rick Thomas, the sampler for Mushroomhead who goes by the alias "ST1TCH".
- Stitch, a ridge between two furrows.
- "Stitch" (slang) can also refer to a marijuana shotgun where too much tobacco makes it difficult or impossible to smoke
stitch in Spanish: Puntada
stitch in German: Stich
stitch in Japanese: スティッチ
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
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