English > run up: 5 senses > verb 3, contact| Meaning | Fasten by sewing; do needlework. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s something |
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| Synonyms | sew, sew together, stitch |
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| Entails | join, conjoin | make contact or come together |
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| Entailed by | button | Provide with buttons |
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| darn | repair by sewing |
| embroider, broider | decorate with needlework |
| knit | make (textiles) by knitting |
| quilt | stitch or sew together |
| Narrower | backstitch | Do backstitches |
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| baste, tack | sew together loosely, with large stitches |
| cast off | make the last row of stitches when knitting |
| cast on | make the first row of stitches when knitting |
| fell | sew a seam by folding the edges |
| finedraw | sew together very finely |
| gather, pucker, tuck | Draw together into folds or puckers |
| hem | Fold over and sew together to provide with a hem |
| hemstitch | sew with hemstitches |
| overcast | sew with an overcast stitch from one section to the next / next |
| overcast | sew over the edge of with long slanting wide stitches |
| resew | sew / sew again |
| tick, retick | sew |
| Broader | fasten, fix, secure | Cause to be firmly attached |
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| Spanish | bordar, confeccionar, coser |
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| Catalan | brodar, confeccionar, cosir, frunzir |
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