stitch
stitch /st'ɪtʃ/ (stitches stitching stitched)
1 [VERB] V n adv/prep, V, V n
If you stitch cloth, you use a needle and thread to join two pieces together or to make a decoration.
Fold the fabric and stitch the two layers together...
We stitched incessantly.
...those patient ladies who stitched the magnificent medieval tapestries.
= sew
2 [N-COUNT]
Stitches are the short pieces of thread that have been sewn in a piece of cloth.
...a row of straight stitches...
3 [N-COUNT]
In knitting and crochet, a stitch is a loop made by one turn of wool around a knitting needle or crochet hook.
Her mother counted the stitches on her knitting needles...
4 [N-UNCOUNT] usu n N
If you sew or knit something in a particular stitch, you sew or knit in a way that produces a particular pattern.
The design can be worked in cross stitch.
5 [VERB] V n
When doctors stitch a wound, they use a special needle and thread to sew the skin together.
Jill washed and stitched the wound.
[PHRASAL VERB] V P n (not pron), V n P
Stitch up means the same as stitch.
Dr Armonson stitched up her wrist wounds...
They've taken him off to hospital to stitch him up.
6 [N-COUNT]
A stitch is a piece of thread that has been used to sew the skin of a wound together.
He had six stitches in a head wound.
7 [N-SING]
A stitch is a sharp pain in your side, usually caused by running or laughing a lot.
8 [PHRASE] PHR after v, v-link PHR
If you are in stitches, you cannot stop laughing. (INFORMAL)
Here's a book that will have you in stitches.stitch up
1 [PHRASAL VERB] V n P, also V P n (not pron)
To stitch someone up means to trick them so that they are put in a difficult or unpleasant situation, especially one where they are blamed for something they have not done. (BRIT INFORMAL)
He claimed that a police officer had threatened to stitch him up and send him to prison.
= frame, set up
2 [PHRASAL VERB] V P n
To stitch up an agreement, especially a complicated agreement between several people, means to arrange it. (mainly BRIT INFORMAL)
Shiraz has stitched up major deals all over the world to boost sales.
= secure
3
see stitch 5
1 [VERB] V n adv/prep, V, V n
If you stitch cloth, you use a needle and thread to join two pieces together or to make a decoration.
Fold the fabric and stitch the two layers together...
We stitched incessantly.
...those patient ladies who stitched the magnificent medieval tapestries.
= sew
2 [N-COUNT]
Stitches are the short pieces of thread that have been sewn in a piece of cloth.
...a row of straight stitches...
3 [N-COUNT]
In knitting and crochet, a stitch is a loop made by one turn of wool around a knitting needle or crochet hook.
Her mother counted the stitches on her knitting needles...
4 [N-UNCOUNT] usu n N
If you sew or knit something in a particular stitch, you sew or knit in a way that produces a particular pattern.
The design can be worked in cross stitch.
5 [VERB] V n
When doctors stitch a wound, they use a special needle and thread to sew the skin together.
Jill washed and stitched the wound.
[PHRASAL VERB] V P n (not pron), V n P
Stitch up means the same as stitch.
Dr Armonson stitched up her wrist wounds...
They've taken him off to hospital to stitch him up.
6 [N-COUNT]
A stitch is a piece of thread that has been used to sew the skin of a wound together.
He had six stitches in a head wound.
7 [N-SING]
A stitch is a sharp pain in your side, usually caused by running or laughing a lot.
8 [PHRASE] PHR after v, v-link PHR
If you are in stitches, you cannot stop laughing. (INFORMAL)
Here's a book that will have you in stitches.stitch up
1 [PHRASAL VERB] V n P, also V P n (not pron)
To stitch someone up means to trick them so that they are put in a difficult or unpleasant situation, especially one where they are blamed for something they have not done. (BRIT INFORMAL)
He claimed that a police officer had threatened to stitch him up and send him to prison.
= frame, set up
2 [PHRASAL VERB] V P n
To stitch up an agreement, especially a complicated agreement between several people, means to arrange it. (mainly BRIT INFORMAL)
Shiraz has stitched up major deals all over the world to boost sales.
= secure
3
see stitch 5