stitch
A single pass of a needle in sewing; the loop or turn of the thread thus made.
Other meanings
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.
“cross stitch”
A kind of
- sewing
Kinds of stitch
- sewing stitch
Example sentences
Word history
From Old English "stiċe".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “stitch” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.