Sew

• POS: Verb (usu participle), Verb (transitive)

CIDE DICTIONARY

Sew, n. [OE. See Sewer household officer.].

 Juice; gravy; a seasoned dish; a delicacy.  Gower.  [1913 Webster]
"I will not tell of their strange sewes."  [1913 Webster]

Sew, v. t. [See Sue to follow.].

 To follow; to pursue; to sue.  Chaucer. Spenser.  [1913 Webster]

Sew, v. t. [OE. sewen, sowen, AS. siówian, sīwian; akin to OHG. siuwan, Icel. sja, Sw. sy, Dan. sye, Goth. siujan, Lith. siuti, Russ, shite, L. ssuere, Gr. , Skr. siv. Seam a suture, Suture.].

•  To unite or fasten together by stitches, as with a needle and thread.  [1913 Webster]

  "No man also seweth a piece of new cloth on an old garment."  [1913 Webster]
•  To close or stop by ssewing; -- often with up; as, to sew up a rip.  [1913 Webster]
•  To inclose by sewing; -- sometimes with up; as, to sew money in a bag.  [1913 Webster]

Sew, v. i. 

 To practice sewing; to work with needle and thread.  [1913 Webster]

Sew, v. t. [b. See Sewer a drain.].

 To drain, as a pond, for taking the fish.  Tusser.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

Sew, v.tr. (past part. sewn or sewed)
1 (also absol.) fasten, join, etc., by making stitches with a needle and thread or a sewing-machine.
2 make (a garment etc.) by sewing.
3 (often foll. by on, in, etc.) attach by sewing (shall I sew on your buttons?).

Idiom

sew up
1 join or enclose by sewing.
2 colloq. (esp. in passive) satisfactorily arrange or finish dealing with (a project etc.).
3 esp. US obtain exclusive use of.

Derivative

sewer n.

Etymology

OE si(o)wan

THESAURUS

Sew

articulate, batten, batten down, bleed, bolt, buckle, butt, button, clasp, cleat, clip, dovetail, hasp, hinge, hitch, hook, jam, joint, latch, lock, miter, mortise, nail, needle, ooze, peg, pin, rabbet, rivet, scarf, screw, seep, sew up, skewer, snap, staple, stick, stitch, sweat, tack, tailor, toggle, transude, wedge, weep, zipper

ROGET THESAURUS

Sew

Junction

VB join, unite, conjoin, connect, associate, put together, lay together, clap together, hang together, lump together, hold together, piece together, tack together, fix together, bind up together together, embody, reembody, roll into one, attach, fix, affix, saddle on, fasten, bind, secure, clinch, twist, make fast, tie, pinion, string, strap, sew, lace, tat, stitch, tack, knit, button, buckle, hitch, lash, truss, bandage, braid, splice, swathe, gird, tether, moor, picket, harness, chain, fetter, lock, latch, belay, brace, hook, grapple, leash, couple, accouple, link, yoke, bracket, marry, bridge over, span, braze, pin, nail, bolt, hasp, clasp, clamp, crimp, screw, rivet, impact, solder, set, weld together, fuse together, wedge, rabbet, mortise, miter, jam, dovetail, enchase, graft, ingraft, inosculate, entwine, intwine, interlink, interlace, intertwine, intertwist, interweave, entangle, twine round, belay, tighten, trice up, screw up, be joined, hang together, hold together, cohere.