stitch

Plural: stitches

Noun

a link or loop or knot made by an implement in knitting, crocheting, embroidery, or sewing
a sharp spasm of pain in the side resulting from running
A single pass of a needle in sewing; the loop or turn of the thread thus made.
An arrangement of stitches in sewing, or method of stitching in some particular way or style.
An intense stabbing pain under the lower edge of the ribcage, brought on by exercise or laughing.
A local sharp pain (anywhere); an acute pain, like the piercing of a needle.
A single turn of the thread round a needle in knitting; a link, or loop, of yarn
An arrangement of stitches in knitting, or method of knitting in some particular way or style.
A space of work taken up, or gone over, in a single pass of the needle.
A fastening, as of thread or wire, through the back of a book to connect the pages.
Any space passed over; distance.
A contortion, or twist.
Any least part of a fabric or clothing.
A furrow.
The space between two double furrows.
An incorporation of an existing video into a new one, resulting in a collaborative clip that shows the two videos in a sequence.

Verb

Verb Forms: stitched, stitching, stitches

To join fabric by passing a threaded needle through it.
fasten by sewing; do needlework
To form stitches in; especially, to sew in such a manner as to show on the surface a continuous line of stitches.
To sew, or unite or attach by stitches.
To practice/practise stitching or needlework.
To form land into ridges.
To weld together through a series of connecting or overlapping spot welds.
To include, combine, or unite into a single whole.
To include, combine, or unite into a single whole.
To combine two or more photographs of the same scene into a single image.
To include, combine, or unite into a single whole.
To incorporate (an existing video) into a new one, resulting in a collaborative clip that shows the two videos in a sequence.

Examples

a stitch in the side
After about fifteen minutes I got terrible stitch.
cross stitch
drop a stitch
He tried to stitch together a coherent strategy for the Scrabble tournament.
herringbone stitch
I can use this software to stitch together a panorama.
I've got a stitch. I'm going to have to stop and rest.
She didn’t have a stitch (of clothing) on.
take up a stitch
to stitch a shirt bosom.
to stitch printed sheets in making a book or a pamphlet.
to wet every stitch of clothes

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English stiche, from Old English stiċe (“a prick, puncture, stab, thrust with a pointed implement, pricking sensation, stitch, pain in the side, sting”), from Proto-West Germanic *stiki, from Proto-Germanic *stikiz (“prick, piercing, stitch”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)teyg- (“to stab, pierce”).
Cognate with Dutch steek (“prick, stitch”), German Stich (“a prick, piercing, stitch”), Old English stician (“to stick, stab, pierce, prick”). More at stick.

Synonyms

run up, sew, sew together, plough, plow, stitch together

Scrabble Score: 11

stitch: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
stitch: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
stitch: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 11

stitch: valid Words With Friends Word