(~s, ~ing, ~ed, ~n)
1.
When you ~ 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 ~ed the dresses on the ~ing machine...
Anyone can ~ on a button, including you...
Mrs Roberts was a dressmaker, and she taught her daughter to ~.
VERB: V n, V n with on , V
2.
When something such as a hand or finger is ~n 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 ~n back on in hospital...
VERB: be V-ed adv
see also ~ing