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stitch

Definition

  • noun: a piece of thread that is passed through a piece of material with a needle
  • noun: a local sharp and sudden pain especially in the side
  • verb: to use a needle and thread to make or repair (something, such as a piece of clothing)
  • verb: to fasten, join, or close with or as if with 'stitches'
  • usually singular
  • synonyms: sew, distance, furrow

Examples

  • We thought that we had the game 'stitched up'. [='sewn up'; we thought we were definitely going to win the game]

  • After knitting another row she realized she had 'dropped a stitch'. [=let a loop fall off a knitting needle]

  • I 'stitched together' a novel from several stories I had written earlier.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) I'll hold him. Go. Hold him, you go. Go! Now! - He past out. - Very good. I'm gonna take advantage and stitch up, let me see. Oh god! Water. Bridger, go tell the others we'll camp here tonight. (..)
    2015 The Revenant
  • (..) North and west, take those two with you. Bill, fryman you take south and east. Watch for anyone that might have heard that shot. - Yes sir. - We have to stitch him up. What about me? It's alright. You have to... - You stay here. Hold it down. (..)
    2015 The Revenant