Sew Definition

sō

sewed, sewing, sewn, sews

verb

sewed, sewing, sewn, sews

To join or fasten with stitches made with needle and thread.

Webster's New World

To work with needle and thread or at a sewing machine.

Webster's New World

To furnish with stitches for the purpose of closing, fastening, or attaching.

Sew an incision closed.

American Heritage

To make, mend, enclose, etc. by such means.

Webster's New World

(obsolete) To drain, as a pond, for taking the fish.

Wiktionary

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idiom

sew up

Webster's New World

Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Sew

From Middle English sewen, seowen, sowen, from Old English sÄ«wian, sÄ“owian, sÄ“owan (“to sew, mend, patch, knit together, link, unite"), from Proto-Germanic *siwjanÄ… (“to sew"), from Proto-Indo-European *sÄ«w- (“to sew"), *syuh₁-. Cognate with Scots sew (“to sew"), North Frisian saie, sei (“to sew"), Saterland Frisian säie (“to sew"), Danish sy, Polish szyć, Russian шить (Å¡itʹ), Swedish sy, Latin suō. Related to seam.

From Wiktionary
Middle English sewen from Old English seowian syū- in Indo-European roots

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
Related to sewer (“a drain").

From Wiktionary