Sews - English meaning

verb

Join or fasten (something) to something else.

Usage examples:

Attach your safety line to the bridge

verb

To fasten, join, or connect something

Usage examples:

Attach something to something i attached a photo to my application form., use this cable to attach …

verb

To join a file such as a document, picture, or computer program, to an email

verb

Pour fat or juices over (meat) during cooking in order to keep it moist.

Usage examples:

Slip herbs under the skin and baste the chicken constantly

verb

Tack with long, loose stitches in preparation for sewing.

Usage examples:

Baste the zip under the edges so that it is concealed

verb

Beat (someone) soundly; thrash.

Usage examples:

Go baste him one!

noun

A heavy blow with the hand or a hard object.

Usage examples:

A clout round the ear

verb

Short for clout nail.

noun

Power and influence over other people or events

Usage examples:

The small firms banded together so they would have more clout in washington.

verb

Mend (a hole in knitted material) by interweaving yarn with a needle.

Usage examples:

I don't expect you to darn my socks

noun

A place in a garment that has been darned.

Usage examples:

A sweater with darns in the elbows

adjective

Used to emphasize something, especially to express anger or frustration.

Usage examples:

He was a darn sight younger than jill

verb

Decorate (cloth) by sewing patterns on it with thread.

Usage examples:

She embroidered a tablecloth

verb

To decorate cloth or clothing with patterns or pictures sewn directly onto the material, or to create a pattern or picture in such a way

Usage examples:

Caroline sometimes embroiders the facts, so don’t believe every word she says.

verb

To decorate cloth or clothing with patterns or pictures consisting of stitches that are sewn directly onto the material

Usage examples:

I am embroidering this picture for my mother.

verb

Close or do up securely.

Usage examples:

The tunic was fastened with a row of gilt buttons

verb

To make or become firmly attached or closed

Usage examples:

[ i ] this skirt fastens at the back., [ t ] fasten your seatbelt.

verb

To (cause something to) become firmly fixed together, or in position, or closed

Usage examples:

Make sure your seat belt is securely fastened., this shirt fastens at the back.

noun

The edge of a piece of cloth or clothing which has been turned under and sewn.

Usage examples:

The hem of her dress

verb

Turn under and sew the edge of (a piece of cloth).

Usage examples:

She began to hem a border

exclamation

Used in writing to indicate a sound made when coughing or clearing the throat to attract attention or to express hesitation.

Usage examples:

In truth i had slept about 3 hours and breakfast had been a pint of stella — ah hem.

verb

Repair (something that is broken or damaged).

Usage examples:

Workmen were mending faulty cabling

noun

A repair in a material.

Usage examples:

The mend was barely visible

noun

A piece of cloth or other material used to mend or strengthen a torn or weak point.

Usage examples:

The jacket was of well-worn tweed with leather patches on the elbows

verb

Mend or strengthen (fabric or clothing) with a patch.

Usage examples:

Her jeans were neatly patched

noun

A small part of a surface that is different in some way from the area around it

Usage examples:

Watch for patches of ice on the road., we have a small vegetable patch (= area for growing vegetabl…

verb

Restore (something damaged, faulty, or worn) to a good condition.

Usage examples:

Faulty electrical appliances should be repaired by an electrician

noun

The action of repairing something.

Usage examples:

The truck was beyond repair

noun

Frequent or habitual visiting of a place.

Usage examples:

She exhorted repair to the church

noun

A line where two pieces of fabric are sewn together in a garment or other article.

Usage examples:

He turned to the foreman and said, ‘the patterns of the side seams on these coats do not match.’

verb

Sew the seam of or join with a seam.

Usage examples:

Our stockings are seamed by hand

noun

A loop of thread or yarn resulting from a single pass or movement of the needle in sewing, knitting, or crocheting.

Usage examples:

There's the strong likelihood of my stitches sliding off my needles with every movement.

verb

Make, mend, or join (something) with stitches.

Usage examples:

Stitch a plain seam with right sides together

noun

A piece of thread sewn in cloth, or the single movement of a needle and thread into and out of the cloth that produces this

Usage examples:

She sewed neat, firm stitches., a cut on his left ankle required six stitches., i got a stitch whil…

noun

A small, sharp broad-headed nail.

Usage examples:

Tacks held the remaining rags of carpet to the floor

verb

Fasten or fix in place with tacks.

Usage examples:

He used the tool to tack down sheets of fibreboard

noun

Equipment used in horse riding, including the saddle and bridle.

Usage examples:

New materials will also be used for tack and horse equipment.