Meaning

to join pieces of fabric or material together using a needle and thread

Example Sentences

She learned to sew her own clothes at an early age.

Example Expressions

sew something up

Synonyms

stitch, mend, hem, tailor

Antonyms

tear, rip, unpick

Collocations

sew clothes, sew a dress, sew by hand, sew together

More Example Sentences

I can do sewing.

My mother is an ideal housewife of fifty.

I don’t find anything praiseworthy in his speech.

Who knows how many housewives are tortured for dowry every year?

Do you find anything praiseworthy in the speeches of the new leaders?

My children are enrolled in school here, and I have no intention of permanently relocating elsewhere.

Related Vocabularies

to press or squeeze something so hard that it is damaged or destroyed
To make great efforts to achieve or obtain something.
to suspend or attach something from above so that it moves freely or is supported
To make a process or system operate automatically by means of machines or computers.
To place or deal with close together for contrasting effect.
British spelling of 'behoove'; to be appropriate or necessary

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