Word Type

Noun

Verb

The word "sewing" can be used as noun and verb.

Word Relationships

Causes

bleeding boredom clothes clothing to repaired confusion create item of clothing creating new things dress eye strain garment created get fine quilt hemming pants injury item will sewed joining of fabric making new clothes making object making suit mend hole mend socks mended clothing mending cloth needle pricks needle pricks in fingers new clothes pieces of cloth joined together pricking yourself with needle stab finger

Derived Terms

Smyth sewing sewing circle sewing kit sewing lounge sewing machine sewing needle sewing room

Derived From

sew

Inflected/Variant Forms

sew

Prerequisites

love of creation needle needle and thread needle thread and scissors needle thread and skill needle thread and sometimes cloth nimble fingers

Subevents

cutting hum mig poke myself prick finger prick finger with needle pricking finger with needle putting needle through cloth repair hem ruminate sing stabbing finger thread needle use needle and thread watch tv

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

handicraft needlecraft needlework

Type Of (IsA)

assembling control physical device craft handicraft hobby hoddy for needlework sewing activity

Receives Action

done on fabrics

Related Terms

sew

Used For

attaching buttons to clothing attaching fabric attaching pieces of cloth together binding two things together closing opening in skin connecting cloth connecting segments of material creating clothes creating quilts creative expression decorating things earning money fixing clothes fixing clothing fun hemming clothing making clothes making clothes from cloth making clothing making dress making or mending clothing making quilt making textiles making things mending mending clothes mending clothing mending torn clothing mending torn garments old ladies patching worn garments repair of clothing repairing clothes repairing clothing repairing wounds reparing cloth replacing broken buttons

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.