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How to pronounce sewing in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms stitchery
Type of needlework, needlecraft
Has types patch, patchwork, stitch, mend, binding, darn, gather, gathering, applique
Derivation sew


she put her sewing back in the basket.
Type Words
Synonyms stitching
Type of handicraft
Has types blind stitching, suturing
Derivation sew

Examples of sewing

sewing
On Oct. 20, the students will meet in the sewing lab and work on their projects.
From the DesMoinesRegister.com
Audrey Courtney Rizzo's hobbies include golfing, sewing, swimming and gardening.
From the post-gazette.com
Women and men in another room hunch over sewing machines, hemming cotton towels.
From the boston.com
All techniques are hand-worked, emphasizing non-traditional sewing and quilting.
From the kentucky.com
Sewing tattoos are the rather unusual inspiration for this week's craft project.
From the guardian.co.uk
Raised in the Pacific Northwest, Genevieve, now 35, grew up sewing and knitting.
From the sfgate.com
There is admittedly something mundane, not to say comical, about a sewing robot.
From the newscientist.com
They worked for Ford Motor Co. in Dagenham, England, sewing car seat upholstery.
From the post-gazette.com
Raffles were held daily, with sewing machines and expo classes among the prizes.
From the washingtontimes.com
More examples
  • Joining or attaching by stitches
  • Needlework on which you are working with needle and thread; "she put her sewing back in the basket"
  • (sew) fasten by sewing; do needlework
  • (sew) create (clothes) with cloth; "Can the seamstress sew me a suit by next week?"
  • (sewn) sewed: fastened with stitches
  • Sewing is the craft of fastening or attaching objects using stitches made with needle and thread. Sewing is one of the oldest of the textile arts, arising in the Paleolithic Era. ...
  • (Sewn (song)) "Sewn" is the first proper single by British rock group The Feeling, following the 7" only single "Fill My Little World" (which would become a full single release itself). It was released in the UK on February 27, 2006 and entered the UK Singles Chart at #7 on March 5, 2006.
  • The action of the verb to sew; Something that is being or has been sewn
  • (sew) To use a needle to pass thread repeatedly through (pieces of fabric) in order to join them together; To use a needle to pass thread repeatedly through pieces of fabric in order to join them together