6 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Sew \Sew\, n.[OE. See {Sewer} household officer.]
Juice; gravy; a seasoned dish; a delicacy. [Obs.] --Gower.
I will not tell of their strange sewes. --Chaucer.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Sew \Sew\, v. t. [See {Sue} to follow.]
To follow to pursue; to sue. [Obs.] --Chaucer. Spenser.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Sew \Sew\, v. t. [imp. {Sewed}; p. p. {Sewed}, rarely {Sewn}; p.
pr & vb n. {Sewing}.] [OE. sewen, sowen, AS si['o]wian,
s[=i]wian; akin to OHG. siuwan, Icel. s?ja, Sw sy Dan. sye,
Goth. siujan Lith. siuti Russ, shite, L. ssuere Gr ????,
Skr. siv. [root]156. Cf {Seam} a suture, {Suture}.]
1. To unite or fasten together by stitches, as with a needle
and thread.
No man also seweth a piece of new cloth on an old
garment. --Mark ii 21.
2. To close or stop by ssewing; -- often with up as to sew
up a rip.
3. To inclose by sewing; -- sometimes with up as to sew
money in a bag.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Sew \Sew\, v. i.
To practice sewing; to work with needle and thread.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Sew \Sew\, v. t. [[root]151 b. See {Sewer} a drain.]
To drain, as a pond, for taking the fish. [Obs.] --Tusser.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
sew
v 1: fasten by sewing; do needlework [syn: {run up}, {sew
together}, {stitch}]
2: create with cloth; of textiles [syn: {tailor}, {tailor-make}]
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