stitch

CEFRB1

/stɪt͡ʃ/

noun

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A loop of thread used to join cloth.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    An arrangement of stitches in sewing, or method of stitching in some particular way or style.

Examples

  • "A stitch in time saves nine" is a proverb.

  • You'll learn in time that a stitch in time saves nine.

At a glance

Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5
Synonyms
4

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. A single pass of a needle in sewing; the loop or turn of the thread thus made.

  2. A single pass of a surgical suture (to sew the edges of a wound together)

  3. A local sharp pain (anywhere); an acute pain, like the piercing of a needle.

More examples

In context

  • I cut myself badly while cooking and needed to go to hospital to get stitches.

  • cross stitch

  • herringbone stitch

Synonyms

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Question 1 · Quick check

The doctor needed to blank the wound with a needle and thread.

Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.

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Origin

noun

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-West Germanic *stiki, from Proto-Germanic *stikiz (“prick, piercing, stitch”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)teyg- (“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. Via PIE cognate with Czech steh, Polish ścieg, Russian стежо́к (stežók).