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# stitch

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

«stitch» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A stitch is one loop of thread made with a needle when sewing, or one loop of wool in knitting. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stitch/#m1)
2. Stitches are threads a doctor uses to close a deep cut so it can heal. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stitch/#m2)
3. A stitch is a sudden sharp pain in your side when you run. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stitch/#m3)
4. To stitch is to sew. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stitch/#m4)

### 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stitch/#x1)
- He needed five stitches in his knee. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stitch/#x2)
- I got a stitch while running the race. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stitch/#x3)
- We did running stitch on our felt puppets. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stitch/#x4)
- Grandma stitched a patch on my jeans. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stitch/#x5)
- The joke had us in stitches. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stitch/#x6)
- Slow down and breathe if you get a stitch. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stitch/#x7)
- A stitch in time saves nine. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stitch/#x8)
- While she stitched a change came to the lagoon. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stitch/#x9)

### 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.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «stitch» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stitch/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«stitch» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/stitch.html) on Mova free.