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oversew

verb

Etymology

From over- + sew.

  1. derived from *syewH-✻ — “to sew”
  2. inherited from *siwjaną✻ — “to sew”
  3. inherited from siwian
  4. inherited from sewen
  5. prefixed as oversew — “over + sew”

Definitions

  1. To sew together the edges of two pieces of fabric, with every stitch passing over the…

    To sew together the edges of two pieces of fabric, with every stitch passing over the join.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for oversew. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA