stitch

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Synonyms: switch, slitch, snitch, sitch, titch, skitch, stritch, stich, stith, smitch, statch

Antonyms: switch, slitch, snitch, sitch, titch, skitch, stritch, stich, stith, smitch, statch

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Noun

1. A single pass of a needle in sewing; the loop or turn of the thread thus made. A single pass of a surgical suture
   • I cut myself badly while cooking and needed to go to hospital to get stitches.
2. A single pass of a surgical suture
   • I cut myself badly while cooking and needed to go to hospital to get stitches.
3. An arrangement of stitches in sewing, or method of stitching in some particular way or style.
   • cross stitch
   • herringbone stitch
4. An intense stabbing pain under the lower edge of the ribcage, brought on by exercise or laughing.
   • I've got a stitch. I'm going to have to stop and rest.
   • After about fifteen minutes I got terrible stitch.
5. A local sharp pain (anywhere); an acute pain, like the piercing of a needle.
   • a stitch in the side
6. A single turn of the thread round a needle in knitting; a link, or loop, of yarn
   • drop a stitch
   • take up a stitch
7. An arrangement of stitches in knitting, or method of knitting in some particular way or style.
8. A space of work taken up, or gone over, in a single pass of the needle.
9. A fastening, as of thread or wire, through the back of a book to connect the pages.
10. Any space passed over; distance.
11. Any least part of a fabric or clothing.
    • to wet every stitch of clothes
    • She didn’t have a stitch (of clothing) on.
12. An incorporation of an existing video into a new one, resulting in a collaborative clip that shows the two videos in a sequence.
13. A ridge of ploughed land between two furrows.
14. A contortion, or twist.

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.
2. To sew, or unite or attach by stitches.
   • to stitch printed sheets in making a book or a pamphlet.
3. To practice/practise stitching or needlework.
4. To form land into ridges.
5. To weld together through a series of connecting or overlapping spot welds.
6. To include, combine, or unite into a single whole. To combine two or more photographs of the same scene into a single image by putting them side by side and smoothing the edges.
   • I can use this software to stitch together a panorama.
7. To combine two or more photographs of the same scene into a single image by putting them side by side and smoothing the edges.
   • I can use this software to stitch together a panorama.
8. To incorporate (an existing video) into a new one, resulting in a collaborative clip that shows the two videos in a sequence.

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