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sew

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[ soh ]

verb (used with object)

sewed, sewn or sewed, sewing.
  1. to join or attach by stitches.
  2. to make, repair, etc., (a garment) by such means.
  3. to enclose or secure with stitches:

    to sew flour in a bag.

  4. to close (a hole, wound, etc.) by means of stitches (usually followed by up ).


verb (used without object)

sewed, sewn or sewed, sewing.
  1. to work with a needle and thread or with a sewing machine.

verb phrase

    1. Informal. to get or have a monopoly of; control exclusively.
    2. Informal. to complete or conclude (arrangements, negotiations, etc.) successfully:

      They were about to sew up the deal when the argument started.

    3. to gain or be assured of:

      He tried to sew up as many votes as possible before the convention.

sew

2

[ soo ]

verb (used with object)

sewed, sewing.
  1. to ground (a vessel) at low tide (sometimes followed by by up ).

verb (used without object)

sewed, sewing.
  1. (of a vessel) to be grounded at low tide.

noun

  1. the amount of additional water necessary to float a grounded vessel.

sew

/ 蝉蓹蕣 /

verb

  1. to join or decorate (pieces of fabric, etc) by means of a thread repeatedly passed through with a needle or similar implement
  2. tr; often foll by on or up to attach, fasten, or close by sewing
  3. tr to make (a garment, etc) by sewing
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • 蝉别飞顎僡路产濒别 adjective noun
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of sew1

First recorded before 900; Middle English seuen, souen, Old English siw(i)an, siowan; cognate with Old High German siuwan, Old Norse sauma, Gothic siujan; akin to Sanskrit 蝉墨虂惫测补迟颈 鈥(he) sews,鈥 Latin suere; seam

Origin of sew2

First recorded in 1580鈥90; from Middle French sewer, shortening of essewer, from unattested Vulgar Latin 别虫补辩耻腻谤别, equivalent to Latin ex- 鈥渙ut of, from, thoroughly鈥 + verb derivative of aqua 鈥渨补迟别谤鈥; sewer 1
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of sew1

Old English 蝉脓辞飞补苍; related to Old Norse 蝉盈箩补, Gothic siujan, Old High German siuwen, Latin suere to sew, Sanskrit 蝉墨惫箩补迟颈 he sews
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Noting the black triangle sewed to the man鈥檚 uniform, the Nazis鈥 label for trans prisoners, Bertie realizes the man must have escaped from nearby Dachau.

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鈥淪imon Says reminds me of why I love nightlife, and it鈥檚 definitely an incentive to pull out my sewing machine,鈥 Arvizu says.

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Knowles debunks her reputation as a stage mom, though she carried on her matrilineal penchant for designing and sewing clothes, as the stylist for Destiny鈥檚 Child.

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Then, on a whim, we sewed it together with something I鈥檇 been messing with, and while it鈥檚 changed melodically, it鈥檚 a good dance track.

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The different procedures, like the sewing of eyelashes, I think that鈥檚 an urban legend.

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