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SEW TOGETHER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does sew together mean?
• SEW TOGETHER (verb)
The verb SEW TOGETHER has 1 sense:
1. fasten by sewing; do needlework
Familiarity information: SEW TOGETHER used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Fasten by sewing; do needlework
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Synonyms:
run up; sew; sew together; stitch
Hypernyms (to "sew together" is one way to...):
fasten; fix; secure (cause to be firmly attached)
"Sew together" entails doing...:
conjoin; join (make contact or come together)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "sew together"):
hem (fold over and sew together to provide with a hem)
resew (sew again)
overcast (sew with an overcast stitch from one section to the next)
overcast (sew over the edge of with long slanting wide stitches)
backstitch (do backstitches)
gather; pucker; tuck (draw together into folds or puckers)
finedraw (sew together very finely)
fell (sew a seam by folding the edges)
baste; tack (sew together loosely, with large stitches)
hemstitch (sew with hemstitches)
cast on (make the first row of stitches when knitting)
cast off (make the last row of stitches when knitting)
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