Sew

//soʊ//

Synonyms for "sew" (55 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (11)

stitch articulate batten batten down bleed bolt buckle butt button clasp

Verb(1 words)

stitch

Strong matches (17)

cleat clip connect dovetail exude hasp hinge hitch hook jam joint latch lock miter mortise nail needle

Related words (27)

ooze peg pin rabbet rivet scarf screw seep sew up skewer snap staple stick strain sweat tack tailor tailor make toggle transude

Show 3 more words

wedge weep zipper

Verb(4 words)

run up sew together tailor tailor-make

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

13 relation types

More general

5 entries

fashion fasten fix forge secure

Synonyms

1 entries

stitch

derived

22 entries

besew cut and sew fig-sew homesewn missew no-sew outsew oversew presew re-sew resew sew buttons sew buttons on your underwear sew up sew-ups sewability

Showing 16 of 22 words.

entails

1 entries

join

etymologically related_to

2 entries

seam sewer

has context

1 entries

nautical

has first_subevent

3 entries

get needle smoke thread needle

has last_subevent

4 entries

finish put away needle and thread tie knot tie off thread

has prerequisite

28 entries

buy needle and thread buy needles and thread cut fabric find needle and thread find needles and thread find place with good light gather thread and needle get material get needle get needle and thread get pattern get sewing machine get thread have needle have needle and thread have thread

Showing 16 of 28 words.

has subevent

21 entries

blooding of finger make clothing make pillows making clothing making clothing out of material may prick finger mend mend clothing needle prick poke finger poke yourself prick finger prick fingers pricking finger pushing needle through thread select thread

Showing 16 of 21 words.

manner of

2 entries

fashion fasten

motivated by_goal

23 entries

can patch clothes clothes ripped costume create cloth enjoy enjoy making enjoy making own clothing enjoy sewing fix hole in clothes has unraveled have hobby make article of clothing make clothes make own clothing make to wear may soothing

Showing 16 of 23 words.

related to

6 entries

drain fabric grounded needle ship thread

Translations

207 translations across 126 languages.

Ainu

2 entries

ケメィキ verb ((transitive) use a needle)
ケメィキ verb ((intransitive) use a needle)

Aklanon

1 entries

tahi' verb ((transitive) use a needle)

Ancient Greek

3 entries

κασσύω verb ((transitive) use a needle)
ῥάπτω verb ((transitive) use a needle)
ῥάπτω verb ((intransitive) use a needle)

Arabic

3 entries

خَاطَ verb ((transitive) use a needle)
خَاطَ verb ((intransitive) use a needle)
خَيَّطَ verb ((transitive) use a needle)

Armenian

2 entries

կարել verb ((transitive) use a needle)
կարել verb ((intransitive) use a needle)

Aromanian

1 entries

cos verb ((transitive) use a needle)

Assamese

2 entries

চিলোৱা verb ((transitive) use a needle)
সীয়া verb ((transitive) use a needle)

Bashkir

3 entries

тегенеү verb ((intransitive) use a needle)
тегеү verb ((transitive) use a needle)
тегеү verb ((intransitive) use a needle)

Belarusian

1 entries

шыць verb ((transitive) use a needle)

Bislama

1 entries

somap verb ((transitive) use a needle)

Breton

1 entries

gwriat verb ((transitive) use a needle)

Bulgarian

1 entries

ши́я verb ((transitive) use a needle)

Burmese

1 entries

ချုပ် verb ((transitive) use a needle)

Catalan

2 entries

cosir verb ((transitive) use a needle)
cosir verb ((intransitive) use a needle)

Cebuano

1 entries

tahi verb ((transitive) use a needle)

Central Kurdish

1 entries

دوورین verb ((transitive) use a needle)

Chechen

1 entries

тега verb ((transitive) use a needle)

Cherokee

1 entries

ᎦᏰᏫᏍᎦ verb ((intransitive) use a needle)

Chinese

1 entries

紩 /𮉢 verb ((transitive) use a needle)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries

縫 /缝 verb ((transitive) use a needle)
縫紉 /缝纫 verb ((transitive) use a needle)
縫紉 /缝纫 verb ((intransitive) use a needle)
縫製 /缝制 verb ((transitive) use a needle)

Czech

2 entries

šít verb ((transitive) use a needle)
šít verb ((intransitive) use a needle)

Dalmatian

1 entries

coser verb ((transitive) use a needle)

Danish

2 entries

sy verb ((transitive) use a needle)
sy verb ((intransitive) use a needle)

Dutch

2 entries

naaien verb ((transitive) use a needle)
naaien verb ((intransitive) use a needle)

Esperanto

1 entries

kudri verb ((transitive) use a needle)

Evenki

1 entries

улли verb ((transitive) use a needle)

Extremaduran

1 entries

cosel verb ((transitive) use a needle)

Finnish

2 entries

ommella verb ((transitive) use a needle)
ommella verb ((intransitive) use a needle)

French

1 entries

coudre verb ((transitive) use a needle)

Friulian

1 entries

cusî verb ((transitive) use a needle)

Galician

2 entries

coser verb ((transitive) use a needle)
coser verb ((intransitive) use a needle)

Georgian

1 entries

კერვა verb ((transitive) use a needle)

German

2 entries

nähen verb ((transitive) use a needle)
nähen verb ((intransitive) use a needle)

Gothic

1 entries

𐍃𐌹𐌿𐌾𐌰𐌽 verb ((transitive) use a needle)

Greek

2 entries

ράβω verb ((transitive) use a needle)
ράβω verb ((intransitive) use a needle)

Greenlandic

2 entries

mersorpaa verb ((transitive) use a needle)
mersorpoq verb ((intransitive) use a needle)

Haitian Creole

1 entries

koud verb ((transitive) use a needle)

Hakka Chinese

1 entries

攣 /挛 verb ((transitive) use a needle)

Hawaiian

1 entries

humuhumu verb ((transitive) use a needle)

Hebrew

1 entries

תָּפַר verb ((transitive) use a needle)

Higaonon

1 entries

tahi verb ((transitive) use a needle)

Hindi

4 entries

सिलना verb ((transitive) use a needle)
सिलना verb ((intransitive) use a needle)
सीना verb ((transitive) use a needle)
सीना verb ((intransitive) use a needle)

Hungarian

2 entries

varr verb ((transitive) use a needle)
varr verb ((intransitive) use a needle)

Hunsrik

1 entries

nehe verb ((transitive) use a needle)

Icelandic

1 entries

sauma verb ((transitive) use a needle)

Ido

1 entries

sutar verb ((transitive) use a needle)

Ilocano

2 entries

agdait verb ((transitive) use a needle)
daiten verb ((transitive) use a needle)

Indonesian

2 entries

jahit verb ((transitive) use a needle)
menjahit verb ((transitive) use a needle)

Ingrian

2 entries

ommella verb ((transitive) use a needle)
ommella verb ((intransitive) use a needle)

Irish

1 entries

fuaigh verb ((transitive) use a needle)

Isnag

1 entries

daxet verb ((transitive) use a needle)

Italian

2 entries

cucire verb ((transitive) use a needle)
cucire verb ((intransitive) use a needle)

Japanese

2 entries

縫う verb ((transitive) use a needle)
縫製する verb ((transitive) use a needle)

Javanese

1 entries

dondom verb ((transitive) use a needle)

Kapampangan

1 entries

tai verb ((transitive) use a needle)

Kashubian

1 entries

szëc verb ((transitive) use a needle)

Khmer

1 entries

ដេរ verb ((transitive) use a needle)

Korean

3 entries

깁다 verb ((transitive) use a needle)
꿰매다 verb ((transitive) use a needle)
바느질하다 verb ((intransitive) use a needle)

Kyrgyz

1 entries

тикүү verb ((transitive) use a needle)

Ladino

1 entries

kuzir verb ((transitive) use a needle)

Lao

2 entries

ສນະ verb ((transitive) use a needle)
ຫຍິບ verb ((transitive) use a needle)

Latgalian

1 entries

šyut verb ((transitive) use a needle)

Latin

2 entries

suō verb ((transitive) use a needle)
suō verb ((intransitive) use a needle)

Latvian

1 entries

šūt verb ((transitive) use a needle)

Lingala

3 entries

sono verb ((transitive) use a needle)
tonga verb ((transitive) use a needle)
tonga verb ((intransitive) use a needle)

Lithuanian

1 entries

siūti verb ((transitive) use a needle)

Lombard

2 entries

cusì verb ((transitive) use a needle)
cüsì verb ((transitive) use a needle)

Lower Sorbian

1 entries

šyś verb ((transitive) use a needle)

Luxembourgish

2 entries

bitzen verb ((transitive) use a needle)
néien verb ((transitive) use a needle)

Macedonian

1 entries

ши́е verb ((transitive) use a needle)

Malay

1 entries

jahit verb ((transitive) use a needle)

Manchu

1 entries

ᡠᡶᡳᠮᠪᡳ verb ((transitive) use a needle)

Mansaka

1 entries

tai verb ((transitive) use a needle)

Manx

4 entries

fuaill verb ((transitive) use a needle)
fuaill verb ((intransitive) use a needle)
whaal verb ((transitive) use a needle)
whaal verb ((intransitive) use a needle)

Māori

2 entries

tuitui verb ((transitive) use a needle)
tuitui verb ((intransitive) use a needle)

Nanai

1 entries

улпи verb ((transitive) use a needle)

Navajo

1 entries

náʼáłkad verb ((intransitive) use a needle)

Norman

1 entries

couôtre verb ((transitive) use a needle)

North Wales Welsh

2 entries

pwytho verb ((transitive) use a needle)
pwytho verb ((intransitive) use a needle)

Northern Altai

1 entries

кӧктӧерге verb ((transitive) use a needle)

Northern Sami

2 entries

goarrut verb ((transitive) use a needle)
goarrut verb ((intransitive) use a needle)

Norwegian Bokmål

2 entries

sy verb ((transitive) use a needle)
sy verb ((intransitive) use a needle)

Norwegian Nynorsk

2 entries

sy verb ((transitive) use a needle)
sy verb ((intransitive) use a needle)

Occitan

3 entries

cordurar verb ((transitive) use a needle)
cóser verb ((transitive) use a needle)
cóser verb ((intransitive) use a needle)

Oromo

1 entries

hodhuu verb ((transitive) use a needle)

Ossetian

1 entries

хуийын verb ((transitive) use a needle)

Persian

2 entries

آجیدن verb ((transitive) use a needle)
دوختن verb ((transitive) use a needle)

Polish

1 entries

szyć verb ((transitive) use a needle)

Portuguese

4 entries

coser verb ((transitive) use a needle)
coser verb ((intransitive) use a needle)
costurar verb ((transitive) use a needle)
costurar verb ((intransitive) use a needle)

Quechua

3 entries

hirai verb ((transitive) use a needle)
sirai verb ((transitive) use a needle)
siray verb ((transitive) use a needle)

Romanian

2 entries

coase verb ((transitive) use a needle)
coase verb ((intransitive) use a needle)

Romansch

2 entries

cuser verb ((transitive) use a needle)
cusir verb ((transitive) use a needle)

Russian

2 entries

шить verb ((transitive) use a needle)
шить verb ((intransitive) use a needle)

Sanskrit

2 entries

सीव्यति verb ((transitive) use a needle)
सीव्यति verb ((intransitive) use a needle)

Santali

2 entries

ᱨᱳᱜ verb ((transitive) use a needle)
ᱨᱳᱜ verb ((intransitive) use a needle)

Sardinian

4 entries

cosie verb ((transitive) use a needle)
cosire verb ((transitive) use a needle)
cusire verb ((transitive) use a needle)
cusiri verb ((transitive) use a needle)

Scottish Gaelic

1 entries

fuaigheil verb ((transitive) use a needle)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries

šiti verb ((transitive) use a needle)
šivati verb ((transitive) use a needle)
шивати verb ((transitive) use a needle)
шити verb ((transitive) use a needle)

Sicilian

4 entries

cùsiri verb ((transitive) use a needle)
cùsiri verb ((intransitive) use a needle)
nchimari verb ((transitive) use a needle)
nchimari verb ((intransitive) use a needle)

Sindhi

2 entries

سِبَڻُ verb ((transitive) use a needle)
سِبَڻُ verb ((intransitive) use a needle)

Slovak

1 entries

šiť verb ((transitive) use a needle)

Slovene

1 entries

šivati verb ((transitive) use a needle)

South Wales Welsh

2 entries

gwnïo (colloquially gwinio) verb ((transitive) use a needle)
gwnïo (colloquially gwinio) verb ((intransitive) use a needle)

Southern Altai

1 entries

тигер verb ((transitive) use a needle)

Spanish

2 entries

coser verb ((transitive) use a needle)
coser verb ((intransitive) use a needle)

Sudovian

1 entries

shūt verb ((transitive) use a needle)

Sundanese

2 entries

kaput verb ((transitive) use a needle)
ngaput verb ((transitive) use a needle)

Swahili

1 entries

shona verb ((transitive) use a needle)

Swedish

1 entries

sy verb ((transitive) use a needle)

Tagalog

2 entries

magtahi verb ((transitive) use a needle)
tahiin verb ((transitive) use a needle)

Tamil

1 entries

தை verb ((transitive) use a needle)

Tausug

1 entries

tahi verb ((transitive) use a needle)

Thai

2 entries

เย็บ verb ((transitive) use a needle)
เย็บ verb ((intransitive) use a needle)

Tibetan

1 entries

བཙེམས verb ((transitive) use a needle)

Tok Pisin

2 entries

samap verb ((intransitive) use a needle)
samapim verb ((transitive) use a needle)

Tooro

2 entries

baziira verb ((transitive) use a needle)
sona verb ((transitive) use a needle)

Turkish

1 entries

dikmek verb ((transitive) use a needle)

Ukrainian

1 entries

ши́ти verb ((transitive) use a needle)

Upper Sorbian

1 entries

šić verb ((transitive) use a needle)

Urdu

3 entries

سلانا verb ((transitive) use a needle)
سلنا verb ((transitive) use a needle)
سینا verb ((transitive) use a needle)

Vietnamese

2 entries

khâu verb ((transitive) use a needle)
may verb ((transitive) use a needle)

Volapük

1 entries

nägön verb ((transitive) use a needle)

Yakut

1 entries

тик verb ((transitive) use a needle)

Yiddish

2 entries

נייען verb ((transitive) use a needle)
נייען verb ((intransitive) use a needle)

Yámana

1 entries

umaka verb ((transitive) use a needle)

Zealandic

2 entries

naoie verb ((transitive) use a needle)
naoie verb ((intransitive) use a needle)

Sample sentences

21 total sentences available.

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Would you sew a button on my shirt?

Source: tatoeba (29235)

Sew buttons onto a shirt.

Source: tatoeba (53082)

Did you sew this by hand?

Source: tatoeba (54949)

Ask her if she'll sew up the hole in your jeans.

Source: tatoeba (64894)

Showing 4 of 21 available sentences.

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