What is another word for sewed?

Pronunciation: [sˈə͡ʊd] (IPA)

Sewing is an act of fastening or attaching objects using a needle and thread. There are many synonyms for the word "sewed" that can be used interchangeably depending on the context. Some of the synonyms for "sewed" include stitched, embroidered, needlepoint, hemmed, tailored, quilted, and patched. Stitched refers to the process of fastening materials together by using a needle and thread. Embroidered, on the other hand, refers to the process of decorating fabric with thread or yarn. Needlepoint is a type of embroidery that involves a stitched design on canvas. Hemmed refers to the edge of a piece of fabric that has been folded and sewn in place. Tailored means sewn to fit a specific person or object. Quilted refers to sewing or stitching layers of material to make a padded or quilted effect.

What are the opposite words for sewed?

Sewing is a household skill that is used to join fabrics or materials using needle and thread. Some of the antonyms for the word 'sewed' include unravel, rip, tear, damage, cut, and separate. The verb 'unravel' means to undo the sewing or to separate the thread from the fabric. 'Rip' refers to tearing the fabric or material apart using force. The word 'tear' is similar to 'rip' but involves a lesser degree of force. 'Damage' implies that the fabric or material is ruined and no longer in usable condition. 'Cut' means to slice through the fabric or material, while 'separate' means to detach the pieces that were once sewn together.

What are the antonyms for Sewed?

Usage examples for Sewed

For days, ever since Peter Junior and Richard Kildene had taken tea with them in their new uniforms, the little girls had patiently sewed to make the articles which filled these packages.
"The Eye of Dread"
Payne Erskine
Before I buried him I searched him and found a few papers-just letters in a strange language, and from the feeling of his coat I judged others were hid-sewed in it, so I fetched it back to her-the young one.
"The Eye of Dread"
Payne Erskine
Mrs. Brockett, however, sat sternly in a chair and sewed, and no one ventured to leave the room.
"Fortitude"
Hugh Walpole

Famous quotes with Sewed

  • If you're not on a major label today, you're not gonna get played. They've got the market sewed up.
    Mickey Gilley
  • Parents know how to push your buttons because, hey, they sewed them on.
    Camryn Manheim
  • Great speeches have always had great soundbites. The problem now is that the young technicians who put together speeches are paying attention only to the soundbite, not to the text as a whole, not realizing that all great soundbites happen by accident, which is to say, all great soundbites are yielded up inevitably, as part of the natural expression of the text. They are part of the tapestry, they aren't a little flower somebody sewed on.
    Peggy Noonan
  • “How does one conquer fear, Don B.?” “One takes a frog and sews it to one’s shoe,” he said. “The left or the right?” Don B. gave me a pitying look. “Well, you’d look mighty funny going down the street with only one frog sewed to your shoes, wouldn’t you?" he said. “One frog on shoe.”
    Donald Barthelme
  • There was an inn...which kept no register of...a number of seamstresses and tailors who lacked time and place and perhaps inclination to weave the cloths they cut and sewed, depending instead on the activities of those who preferred not to vex the original owners with the tiresome bookkeeping inseparable from purchase.
    Avram Davidson

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