stitch

A small loop of thread used to join pieces of cloth or decorate fabric.

• One stitch held the cloth together.
• She repaired the tear with three neat stitches.
• A few loose stitches needed replacing.

Common phrases: small stitch, loose stitch, need a stitch

A sudden sharp pain in your side, often caused by running or laughing.

• I have a stitch in my side.
• She got a stitch while running uphill.
• We laughed so hard that we both developed stitches.

How to use it: stitch in your side (I stopped running because of a stitch in my side.)

Similar words: side stitch

Common phrases: get a stitch, have a stitch, stitch in something

A particular way of arranging thread when sewing or making cloth.

• Use a running stitch here.
• She taught me a new embroidery stitch.
• This machine offers several decorative stitches.

Common phrases: cross stitch, running stitch, blanket stitch

To join or fix pieces of cloth or other material using a needle and thread.

• Please stitch the two pieces together.
• He stitched the torn sleeve last night.
• She stitches buttons onto the coats.

How to use it: stitch A to/onto B (She stitched a pocket onto the apron.)

Similar words: sew

Common phrases: stitch something together, stitch a seam, stitch something onto

To make small loops of thread in cloth with a needle.

• I learned to stitch at school.
• She stitched a flower on the cloth.
• Can you stitch neatly by hand?

Similar words: sew

Common phrases: stitch by hand, stitch a pattern, stitch on fabric

To join several photographs into one larger picture.

• This app can stitch photos together.
• We stitched six images into a panorama.
• Does the software stitch overlapping pictures automatically?

How to use it: stitch A into B (The program stitches several photos into one wide image.)

Similar words: combine, merge

Common phrases: stitch photos together, stitch a panorama, stitch images together