stitch

point, point de couture

Une petite boucle de fil servant à assembler des morceaux de tissu ou à les décorer.

En anglais simple : 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.

Expressions courantes : small stitch, loose stitch, need a stitch

point de côté

Une douleur vive et soudaine sur le côté du ventre, souvent provoquée par la course ou le rire.

En anglais simple : 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.

Comment l'utiliser : stitch in your side (I stopped running because of a stitch in my side.)

Synonymes : side stitch

Expressions courantes : get a stitch, have a stitch, stitch in something

point

Une façon particulière de disposer le fil pour coudre ou fabriquer du tissu.

En anglais simple : 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.

Expressions courantes : cross stitch, running stitch, blanket stitch

coudre

Assembler ou fixer des morceaux de tissu ou d’un autre matériau avec une aiguille et du fil.

En anglais simple : 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.

Comment l'utiliser : stitch A to/onto B (She stitched a pocket onto the apron.)

Synonymes : sew

Expressions courantes : stitch something together, stitch a seam, stitch something onto

coudre, broder

Faire de petites boucles de fil dans du tissu avec une aiguille, pour coudre ou broder.

En anglais simple : 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?

Synonymes : sew

Expressions courantes : stitch by hand, stitch a pattern, stitch on fabric

assembler, fusionner

Réunir plusieurs photographies pour former une seule image plus grande.

En anglais simple : 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?

Comment l'utiliser : stitch A into B (The program stitches several photos into one wide image.)

Synonymes : combine, merge

Expressions courantes : stitch photos together, stitch a panorama, stitch images together