Sew

Table of contents

1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Homophones 1.3 Transitive verb 1.3.1 Synonym 1.3.2 Translations 1.4 Intransitive verb

English

Pronunciation

• SAMPA : /'/
• IPA : /səʊ/

Homophones

so, soh, sow (verb)

Transitive verb

to sew (past tense sewed, past participle sewn or sewed)

1. to use a needle to pass thread repeatedly through (pieces of fabric) in order to join them together

Synonym

stitch

Translations

• Breton: gwriat
• Catalan: cosir
• Dutch: naaien
• French: coudre
• German: nähen
• Indonesian: jahit , menjahit
• Italian: cucire
• Japanese: 縫う (ぬう , nuu)
• Polish: szyć
• Portuguese: coser
• Spanish: coser
• Swedish: sy
• Tok Pisin: samapim

Intransitive verb

1. to use a needle to pass thread repeatedly through pieces of fabric in order to join them together

• Tok Pisin: samap