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   Stitch

   /stiCH/

   

   noun

   • 1. a loop of thread or yarn resulting from a single pass or movement of the needle in sewing, knitting, or crocheting.
   • ▪ a loop of thread used to join the edges of a wound or surgical incision: "a neck wound requiring forty stitches"
   • ▪ a method of sewing, knitting, or crocheting producing a particular pattern or design: "basic embroidery stitches"
   • ▪ the smallest item of clothing: informal "a man answered the door without a stitch on"
   • 2. a sudden sharp pain in the side of the body, caused by strenuous exercise: "she ran with a stitch in her side"

   verb

   • 1. make, mend, or join (something) with stitches: "stitch a plain seam with right sides together"

   Word Origin Old Englishstice ‘a puncture, stabbing pain’, of Germanic origin; related to German Stich ‘a sting, prick’, also to stick2. The sense ‘loop’ (in sewing etc.) arose in Middle English.

   Derivatives

   • 1. stitchery noun
   • 2. stitchless adjective

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