sew

verb (sew, sews, sewed, sewn or sewed, sewing)

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

Everyday

To sew is to join cloth or attach things like buttons with a needle and thread. tree →
To sew is to make or mend clothes with a needle or a sewing machine. tree →
To sew up something is to finish or make sure of it (informal). tree →

In the lessons

making things: shirts sewn per day, buttons sewn on, cloth used; in design and technology lessons: running stitch, sewing a puppet or a bag; in safety: be careful with sharp needles and scissors; phrases: «sew on a button», «sew up a hole», «sewing machine»

Examples

She sews 4 dresses a week. tree →
He sews 5 buttons on each shirt. tree →
Each bag needs 2 m of cloth to sew. tree →
How many shirts can she sew? tree →
Grandma taught me to sew on a button. tree →
We sewed felt puppets in class. tree →
Keep your needles in a pincushion when you sew. tree →
Mum sewed up the hole in my sock. tree →
He sewed them on his coat. tree →

Note

A rate of work: things per day × days; cloth ÷ cloth per thing. Homophones: sew (with a needle), so, and sow (plant seeds) sound the same. Past: sewed; past participle: sewn.

In Jewish tradition

Interpretation: Adam and Eve sewing fig leaves is read as the first clothes, and later God made them better garments of skin. In the primary lessons: making things: shirts sewn per day, buttons sewn on, cloth used; in design and technology lessons: running stitch, sewing a puppet or a bag; in safety: be careful with sharp needles and scissors; phrases: «sew on a button», «sew up a hole», «sewing machine»

Examples

And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig-leaves together, and made themselves girdles. (Torah GEN.3.7, JPS 1917) tree →
I have sewed sackcloth upon my skin, and have laid my horn in the dust. (Writings JOB.16.15, JPS 1917) tree →
A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak; (Writings ECC.3.7, JPS 1917) tree →
and say: Thus saith the Lord GOD: Woe to the women that sew cushions upon all elbows, and make pads for the head of persons of every stature to hunt souls! (Prophets EZK.13.18, JPS 1917) tree →

Note

A rate of work: things per day × days; cloth ÷ cloth per thing. Homophones: sew (with a needle), so, and sow (plant seeds) sound the same. Past: sewed; past participle: sewn.

On Mova

Trees and pragmatics of «sew» in the school dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
«sew» in the school dictionary on Mova free.
Trees and pragmatics of «sew» in the Judaism dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
«sew» in the Judaism dictionary on Mova free.

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