stitch

«stitch» in Mova's school dictionary: one loop of thread made with a needle when sewing, or one… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a stitch, stitches); verb (stitch, stitches, stitched, stitching)

meaning for a pupil

1) A stitch is one loop of thread made with a needle when sewing, or one loop of wool in knitting. tree →

2) Stitches are threads a doctor uses to close a deep cut so it can heal. tree →

3) A stitch is a sudden sharp pain in your side when you run. tree →

4) To stitch is to sew. tree →

sense in the lessons

In design and technology lessons, children learn stitches like running stitch and cross-stitch. In first aid and health, a deep cut may need stitches at the hospital. In PE, a stitch is a common pain while running; slowing down and breathing deeply helps. Phrases: «in stitches» (laughing a lot), «not a stitch on», «a stitch in time saves nine».

examples

• She sewed the button on with tiny stitches. tree →
• He needed five stitches in his knee. tree →
• I got a stitch while running the race. tree →
• We did running stitch on our felt puppets. tree →
• Grandma stitched a patch on my jeans. tree →
• The joke had us in stitches. tree →
• Slow down and breathe if you get a stitch. tree →
• A stitch in time saves nine. tree →
• While she stitched a change came to the lagoon. tree →

note

Plural: stitches (add -es). «In stitches» means laughing very hard. «A stitch in time saves nine» means fixing a small problem early stops a bigger one later. In maths, counting stitches is a common pattern problem.

In the corpora

• Around 1799 the naturalist George Shaw checked the first platypus skin for stitches, and egg-laying was finally proved only in 1884.
• A cone round a pet's neck after an operation stops it licking its stitches, because licking can open the wound.
• A stitch while running passes if you slow down and breathe deeply.
• A boy in Leeds picked up a broken glass with his bare hands; he cut his palm and needed stitches.
• A toddler in Ohio found a razor left on the edge of the bath and cut his hand; he needed stitches.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «stitch» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.