sewing

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UK /ˈsəʊɪŋ/ US /ˈsoʊɪŋ/

noun 2

Collocations

(noun.)

ADJ

hand

VERB + SEWING

My grandmother does sewing every weekend to make clothes for her grandchildren.

take in

My grandmother took in sewing from neighbors to earn extra money during the winter months.

SEWING + NOUN

basket, kit | needle, thread | machine | machinist

Definitions

noun

The action of the verb to sew.

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.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — joining or attaching by stitches

stitching

noun — needlework on which you are working with needle and thread

stitchery

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

She put down her sewing and went to answer the door.

Wiktionary

The sewing has come undone on this seam.

Wiktionary

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.

Wiktionary

There's not enough light in this room for sewing.

Tatoeba · #44198

How long does it take to get the hang of this sewing machine?

Tatoeba · #60461

While you are reading to me, I can do my sewing.

Tatoeba · #71304

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