SEW


Meaning of SEW in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ soʊ ]

( sews, sewing, sewed, sewn)

1.

When you sew something such as clothes, you make them or repair them by joining pieces of cloth together by passing thread through them with a needle.

She sewed the dresses on the sewing machine...

Anyone can sew on a button, including you...

Mrs Roberts was a dressmaker, and she taught her daughter to sew.

VERB : V n , V n with on , V

2.

When something such as a hand or finger is sewn back by a doctor, it is joined with the patient’s body using a needle and thread.

The hand was preserved in ice by neighbours and sewn back on in hospital...

VERB : be V-ed adv

see also sewing

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