sew Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb fasten by sewing; do needlework
    sew together; stitch; run up.
  2. verb create (clothes) with cloth
    tailor; tailor-make.
    • Can the seamstress sew me a suit by next week?

WordNet

Sew noun
Etymology
OE. See Sewer household officer.
Definitions
  1. Juice; gravy; a seasoned dish; a delicacy. Obs. Gower.
    I will not tell of their strange sewes. Chaucer.
Sew transitive verb
Etymology
See Sue to follow.
Definitions
  1. To follow; to pursue; to sue. Obs. Chaucer. Spenser.
Sew transitive verb
Etymology
OE. sewen, sowen, AS. siówian, siwian; akin to OHG. siuwan, Icel. sja, Sw. sy, Dan. sye, Goth. siujan, Lith. siuti, Russ, shite, L. ssuere, Gr. , Skr. siv. Cf. Seam a suture, Suture.
Wordforms
imperfect Sewed ; past participle Sewed, rarely Sewn ; present participle & verbal noun Sewing
Definitions
  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.
Sew intransitive verb
Definitions
  1. To practice sewing; to work with needle and thread.
Sew transitive verb
Etymology
b. See Sewer a drain.
Definitions
  1. To drain, as a pond, for taking the fish. Obs. Tusser.

Webster 1913