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sewing en · VERB · etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˈsəʊɪŋ/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /ˈsoʊɪŋ/ (General-American)

Etymology

From sew + -ing.

Meanings

  1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present) present participle and gerund of sew
    form of sew

sewing en · NOUN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˈsəʊɪŋ/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /ˈsoʊɪŋ/ (General-American)

Etymology

From Middle English sewinge, seuinge, seuwinge (“sewing”), equivalent to sew + -ing.

Meanings

  1. (countable, uncountable) The action of the verb to sew.
  2. (countable, uncountable) Something that is being or has been sewn.
    • She put down her sewing and went to answer the door.
    • The sewing has come undone on this seam.
    • Mrs. Flanders had left her sewing on the table. There were her large reels of white cotton and her steel spectacles; her needle-case; her brown wool wound round an old postcard. 1922, Virginia Woolf, chapter 1, in Jacob's Room:

Forms

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Deriveds

Smyth sewing · sewing room · sewing lounge · sewing machine · sewing kit · sewing circle · sewing needle

Translations (96)

az tikiş (action of the verb to sew) · hi सिलाई (action of the verb to sew) · hy կար (action of the verb to sew) · ja 裁縫 (action of the verb to sew) · kk тігіс (action of the verb to sew) · sh шивање (action of the verb to sew) · co cusgitura (action of the verb to sew) · rsk шице (action of the verb to sew) · ar خِيَاطَة (action of the verb to sew) · lt siuvimas (action of the verb to sew) · pt costura (action of the verb to sew) · ml തയ്ക്കുക (action of the verb to sew) · cy gwnïo (action of the verb to sew) · lv šūšana (action of the verb to sew) · ml തുന്നുക (action of the verb to sew) · uk шиття́ (action of the verb to sew) · tr dikiş (action of the verb to sew) · ga fuáil (something that is being or has been sewn) · sl šivanje (action of the verb to sew) · sh шивење (action of the verb to sew) · sh švelo (something that is being or has been sewn) · ce тегар (action of the verb to sew) · ru шитьё (action of the verb to sew) · wa keudaedje (action of the verb to sew) · hy կար (something that is being or has been sewn) · hu varrás (action of the verb to sew) · uz tikuv (action of the verb to sew) · el ράψιμο (action of the verb to sew) · sq qepje (action of the verb to sew) · fi ompele (something that is being or has been sewn) · es costura (action of the verb to sew) · et õmblemine (action of the verb to sew) · ro cusut (action of the verb to sew) · de Nähen (action of the verb to sew) · gl costura (action of the verb to sew) · arz خياطة (action of the verb to sew) · aht cʼekaanʼ (action of the verb to sew) · ru вы́шивка (something that is being or has been sewn) · es costura (something that is being or has been sewn) · be шыццё (action of the verb to sew) · vi sự khâu (action of the verb to sew) · mk шиење (action of the verb to sew) · es cosedura (action of the verb to sew) · da syning (action of the verb to sew) · izh ompelostöö (action of the verb to sew) · sk šitie (action of the verb to sew) · it cucito (action of the verb to sew) · ru поши́в (something that is being or has been sewn) · ko 바느질 (action of the verb to sew) · wa costeure (something that is being or has been sewn) · nn sying (action of the verb to sew) · es cosedura (something that is being or has been sewn) · ckb دروومان (action of the verb to sew) · cs šití (action of the verb to sew) · ko 재봉 (action of the verb to sew) · rup cuseare (action of the verb to sew) · rue шитя (action of the verb to sew) · ca costura (something that is being or has been sewn) · kk тігу (action of the verb to sew) · ca cosida (action of the verb to sew) · fr couture (something that is being or has been sewn) · ga fuáil (action of the verb to sew) · tg дӯзандагӣ (action of the verb to sew) · sh šivanje (action of the verb to sew) · bg не́що уши́то (something that is being or has been sewn) · be шыцьцё (action of the verb to sew) · sh šivanje (something that is being or has been sewn) · sv sömnad (action of the verb to sew) · fa-ira دوزَنْدِگی (action of the verb to sew) · alt тигиш (action of the verb to sew) · fr couture (action of the verb to sew) · ka კერვა (action of the verb to sew) · alt тигӱ (action of the verb to sew) · bg ши́ене (action of the verb to sew) · alt тигинчек (action of the verb to sew) · ja 縫い物 (something that is being or has been sewn) · pl szycie (action of the verb to sew) · ky тигиш (action of the verb to sew) · cmn 縫 /缝 (action of the verb to sew) · fi ompelu (action of the verb to sew) · th การเย็บผ้า (action of the verb to sew) · es cosido (action of the verb to sew) · cy gwniadwaith (something that is being or has been sewn) · it cucito (something that is being or has been sewn) · ur سِلائی (action of the verb to sew) · uz tikish (action of the verb to sew) · cmn 縫紉 /缝纫 (action of the verb to sew) · ba тегеү (action of the verb to sew) · is saumaskap (action of the verb to sew) · he תְּפִירָה (action of the verb to sew) · nb sying (action of the verb to sew) · sh šivenje (action of the verb to sew) · ar حِيَاكَة (action of the verb to sew) · hi सिलाई (something that is being or has been sewn) · kk тігін (action of the verb to sew) · nl naaien (action of the verb to sew)