'Stitch' definitions:

Definition of 'stitch'

From: WordNet
noun
A link or loop or knot made by an implement in knitting, crocheting, embroidery, or sewing
noun
A sharp spasm of pain in the side resulting from running
verb
Fasten by sewing; do needlework [syn: sew, run up, sew together, stitch]

Definition of 'Stitch'

From: GCIDE
  • Stitch \Stitch\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Stitched; p. pr. & vb. n. Stitching.]
  • 1. To form stitches in; especially, to sew in such a manner as to show on the surface a continuous line of stitches; as, to stitch a shirt bosom. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To sew, or unite together by stitches; as, to stitch printed sheets in making a book or a pamphlet. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. (Agric.) To form land into ridges. [1913 Webster]
  • To stitch up, to mend or unite with a needle and thread; as, to stitch up a rent; to stitch up an artery. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Stitch'

From: GCIDE
  • Stitch \Stitch\, v. i. To practice stitching, or needlework. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Stitch'

From: GCIDE
  • Stitch \Stitch\, n. [OE. stiche, AS. stice a pricking, akin to stician to prick. See Stick, v. i.]
  • 1. A single pass of a needle in sewing; the loop or turn of the thread thus made. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. A single turn of the thread round a needle in knitting; a link, or loop, of yarn; as, to let down, or drop, a stitch; to take up a stitch. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. [Cf. OE. sticche, stecche, stucche, a piece, AS. stycce. Cf. Stock.] A space of work taken up, or gone over, in a single pass of the needle; hence, by extension, any space passed over; distance. [1913 Webster]
  • You have gone a good stitch. --Bunyan. [1913 Webster]
  • In Syria the husbandmen go lightly over with their plow, and take no deep stitch in making their furrows. --Holland. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. A local sharp pain; an acute pain, like the piercing of a needle; as, a stitch in the side. [1913 Webster]
  • He was taken with a cold and with stitches, which was, indeed, a pleurisy. --Bp. Burnet. [1913 Webster]
  • 5. A contortion, or twist. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
  • If you talk, Or pull your face into a stitch again, I shall be angry. --Marston. [1913 Webster]
  • 6. Any least part of a fabric or dress; as, to wet every stitch of clothes. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster]
  • 7. A furrow. --Chapman. [1913 Webster]
  • 8. An arrangement of stitches, or method of stitching in some particular way or style; as, cross-stitch; herringbone stitch, etc. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
  • Chain stitch, Lock stitch. See in the Vocabulary.
  • Pearl stitch, or Purl stitch. See 2nd Purl, 2. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'stitch'

From: Moby Thesaurus

Words containing 'Stitch'