Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

stitch

/stɪt͡ʃ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.64 in modern English

Syllables
stitch
IPA
/stɪt͡ʃ/
11
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A single pass of a needle in sewing; the loop or turn of the thread thus made.

Countable

noun

A single pass of a needle in sewing; the loop or turn of the thread thus made.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

An arrangement of stitches in sewing, or method of stitching in some particular way or style.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

An intense stabbing pain under the lower edge of the ribcage, brought on by exercise or laughing.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

A local sharp pain (anywhere); an acute pain, like the piercing of a needle.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

A single turn of the thread round a needle in knitting; a link, or loop, of yarn

Countable; Uncountable

noun

An arrangement of stitches in knitting, or method of knitting in some particular way or style.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

A space of work taken up, or gone over, in a single pass of the needle.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

Etymology

From Middle English stiche, from Old English stiċe (“a prick, puncture, stab, thrust with a pointed implement, pricking sensation, stitch, pain in the side, sting”), from Proto-West Germanic *stiki, from Proto-Germanic *stikiz (“prick, piercing, stitch”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)teyg- (“to stab, pierce”). Cognate with Dutch steek (“prick, stitch”), German Stich (“a prick, piercing, stitch”), Old English stician (“to stick, stab, pierce, prick”). More at stick. Via PIE cognate with Czech steh, Polish ścieg, Russian стежо́к (stežók).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: *(s)teyg-, stiche, stiċe, *stiki, *stikiz, sticchen

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /stɪt͡ʃ/
  • British English: /stɪt͡ʃ/

Usage

Inflected Forms

stitches (plural) stich (alternative, misspelling) stitches (present, singular) stitching (participle, present) stitched (participle, past) stitched (past)

Derived Forms

backstitch catchstitch coverstitch edgestitch featherstitch hemstitch interstitch lockstitch misstitch overstitch slipstitch stabstitch

Phrases

a stitch in time saves nine bean stitch blanket stitch blanket-stitch blind stitch box stitch bread-stitch brede-stitch

Synonyms

sew stitch together plough plow run up sew together

Homonyms

stich

Rhymes With

which rich bitch switch pitch witch mitch ditch niche twitch glitch hitch

Questions

How do you pronounce stitch?
The recorded pronunciation is /stɪt͡ʃ/.
What does stitch mean?
A single pass of a needle in sewing; the loop or turn of the thread thus made.
Where does stitch come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

How to pronounce stitch

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