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How to pronounce stitch in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms run up, sew, sew together
Type of secure, fasten, fix
Has types resew, retick, tack, tick, tuck, backstitch, baste, cast off, cast on, fell, finedraw, gather, hem, hemstitch, overcast, pucker
Derivation stitcher, stitchery, stitching
Type Words
Type of sewing, stitchery
Has types knitting stitch, crochet stitch, embroidery stitch, sewing stitch
Type Words
Type of hurting, pain

Examples of stitch

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These heartless crooks who work in banks would stitch-up their own grandmothers.
From the independent.co.uk
Some are so shockingly simple they might be secured by a single, cunning stitch.
From the brimbankweekly.com.au
A stitch pops at lunch and, oops, a chunk of rotting tissue graces his gazpacho.
From the washingtonpost.com
Stitch the short ends of the strip together to create a tube and press the seam.
From the expressandstar.com
Good on the ad industry for beating the draconian ban and a political stitch-up.
From the nzherald.co.nz
The ambulance workers saw right away that the wound didn't need a single stitch.
From the newoldage.blogs.nytimes.com
A quickie procedure in the afternoon that took out one stitch fixed the problem.
From the usatoday.com
A stitch-up in which all political parties were complicit from beginning to end.
From the guardian.co.uk
Do you feel as if you would go out tonight but you haven't got a stitch to wear?
From the guardian.co.uk
More examples
  • A link or loop or knot made by an implement in knitting, crocheting, embroidery, or sewing
  • Sew: fasten by sewing; do needlework
  • A sharp spasm of pain in the side resulting from running
  • (stitched) sewed: fastened with stitches
  • Stitch is the name of the 626, a fictional alien, and one of the two main characters of the Lilo & Stitch films and television program. ...
  • Stitch (Jodi Furman) is a fictional mutant character in the Marvel Comics Universe. Her first appearance was in Alpha Flight Special #1.
  • Stitch is one of the two Klinik albums released in 1995.
  • In the textile arts, a stitch is a single turn or loop of thread or yarn. Stitches are the fundamental elements of sewing, knitting, embroidery, crochet, and needle lace-making, whether by hand of machine.Picken (1957), p. ...
  • A side stitch (also called a side ache, a side cramp, a side crampie, a side sticker or simply a stitch) is an intense stabbing pain under the lower edge of the ribcage that occurs while exercising, most common if the exerciser is a beginner. ...