stitch

== English == === Alternative forms === stich (obsolete or misspelling) === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation, General American) enPR: stĭch, IPA(key): /stɪt͡ʃ/ Rhymes: -ɪtʃ === Etymology 1 === From Middle English stiche, from Old English stiċe (“a prick, puncture, stab, thrust with a pointed implement, pricking sensation, stitch, pain in the side, sting”), from Proto-West Germanic *stiki, from Proto-Germanic *stikiz (“prick, piercing, stitch”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)teyg- (“to stab, pierce”). Cognate with Dutch steek (“prick, stitch”), German Stich (“a prick, piercing, stitch”), Old English stician (“to stick, stab, pierce, prick”). More at stick. Via PIE cognate with Czech steh, Polish ścieg, Russian стежо́к (stežók). ==== Noun ==== stitch (countable and uncountable, plural stitches) (countable) A single pass of a needle in sewing; the loop or turn of the thread thus made. (medicine) A single pass of a surgical suture (to sew the edges of a wound together) An arrangement of stitches in sewing, or method of stitching in some particular way or style. (countable and uncountable) An intense stabbing pain under the lower edge of the ribcage, brought on by exercise or laughing. A local sharp pain (anywhere); an acute pain, like the piercing of a needle. 1848, Gottlieb Heinrich Georg Jahr, New Manual; Or, Symptomen-codex, page 186 (1846, Samuel Hahnemann, Materia Medica Pura, page 73): Violent continuous stitch in the region of the heart, the stitches multiplied when arresting the breathing. […] Feeling of heaviness in the muscles of the neck; he is obliged to bend his neck backwards. Cramp-like pain in right muscles of the neck, terminating in a stitch; the pain went off after motion and returned afterwards. […] Dull stitches in the region of the haunch-bones; pressure on the parts causes a simple pain. […] Drawing stitch in the right thigh, not perceptible when standing or ascending an elevation. A single turn of the thread round a needle in knitting; a link, or loop, of yarn An arrangement of stitches in knitting, or method of knitting in some particular way or style. A space of work taken up, or gone over, in a single pass of the needle. A fastening, as of thread or wire, through the back of a book to connect the pages. (by extension) Any space passed over; distance. (colloquial) Any least part of a fabric or clothing. (TikTok) An incorporation of an existing video into a new one, resulting in a collaborative clip that shows the two videos in a sequence. (agriculture, dated) A ridge of ploughed land between two furrows. (obsolete) A contortion, or twist. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === From Middle English sticchen, stichen, from Old English *stiċċan, stiċċian, from Proto-Germanic *stikjaną (“to stab, stick, prick”), influenced by the noun (see above). ==== Verb ==== stitch (third-person singular simple present stitches, present participle stitching, simple past and past participle stitched) To form stitches in; especially, to sew in such a manner as to show on the surface a continuous line of stitches. To sew, or unite or attach by stitches. (intransitive) To practice/practise stitching or needlework. (agriculture) To form land into ridges. To weld together through a series of connecting or overlapping spot welds. To include, combine, or unite into a single whole. (computer graphics) To combine two or more photographs of the same scene into a single image. (TikTok) To incorporate (an existing video) into a new one, resulting in a collaborative clip that shows the two videos in a sequence. ===== Synonyms ===== (form stitches in): sew (unite by stitches): sew, stitch together (form land into ridges): plough (British), plow (US) ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== === References === William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “stitch”, in The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. “stitch”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. === Further reading === stitch on Wikipedia.Wikipedia