as in to stitch
to close up with a series of interlacing stitches
luckily, I was able to sew the tear so skillfully that my pants looked as good as new
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Recent Examples of sew
From a young age, Mom had a knack for designing and sewing her own clothes, finding cheap fabric or reusing castoffs.
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Barbara Ellis, Denver Post, 11 May 2025
The fill is made with recycled plastic, it’s sewn with recycled thread, the primary fabric is eucalyptus sourced from regenerative forests, and Buffy is developing a closed-loop supply chain that’ll turn old comforters into new ones.
—Julia Harrison, Architectural Digest, 9 May 2025
It’s made out of organic cotton and it has been milled, cut and sewn in Portugal.
—Hikmat Mohammed, Footwear News, 12 May 2025
These animals, which are covered in a coat of green, gray, and chestnut feathers, are known for their ability to sew leaves together to create a nest.
—Benji Jones, Vox, 9 May 2025
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Barbara Ellis, Denver Post, 11 May 2025
The fill is made with recycled plastic, it’s sewn with recycled thread, the primary fabric is eucalyptus sourced from regenerative forests, and Buffy is developing a closed-loop supply chain that’ll turn old comforters into new ones.
—Julia Harrison, Architectural Digest, 9 May 2025
It’s made out of organic cotton and it has been milled, cut and sewn in Portugal.
—Hikmat Mohammed, Footwear News, 12 May 2025
These animals, which are covered in a coat of green, gray, and chestnut feathers, are known for their ability to sew leaves together to create a nest.
—Benji Jones, Vox, 9 May 2025
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Workers will widen the segment to four lanes, stitch sidewalks onto both sides of the street, and install a traffic signal at the intersection of Wall Price Keller and Ray White, among other improvements.—
Jaime Moore-Carrillo,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
14 May 2025
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On Virgin, rebirth is stitched into every line: The album is feral, wild, and physical, full of Lorde’s most from-the-gut singing ever.—
Brittany Spanos,
Rolling Stone,
15 May 2025
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Activities include practicing suturing techniques (on a banana), listening to the heartbeat of a mini horse, viewing bacteria under a microscope, drawing blood and learning vaccination techniques.—
Linda Mcintosh,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
9 May 2025
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For example, in the hand tendon-transfer surgery for high median-ulnar palsy, one muscle is sutured to all four finger flexor tendons.—
Evan Ackerman,
IEEE Spectrum,
30 Mar. 2018
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“Sew.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sew. Accessed 3 Jun. 2025.
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