sewing (root: sew)

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: sew=ing

CIDE DICTIONARY

sewing, n. 

•  The act or occupation of one who sews.  [1913 Webster]
•  That which is sewed with the needle.  [1913 Webster]

Sewing horse (Harness making), a clamp, operated by the foot, for holding pieces of leather while being sewed. -- Sewing machine, a machine for sewing or stitching. -- Sewing press, or Sewing table (Bookbinding), a fixture or table having a frame in which are held the cords to which the back edges of folded sheets are sewed to form a book.

OXFORD DICTIONARY

sewing, n. a piece of material or work to be sewn.

THESAURUS

sewing

Smyth sewing, applique, backing, baste, bibliopegy, bind, binder board, binding, book cloth, book cover, book jacket, bookbinding, bookcase, buttonhole, case, casemaking, casing-in, collating, collating mark, cover, crochet, cross-stitch, dust cover, dust jacket, embroider, fell, folding, footband, gather, gathering, gluing-off, hard binding, headband, jacket, knit, library binding, lining, lining-up, machine-stitch, mechanical binding, niggerhead, overcast, overhand, perfect binding, plastic binding, purl, quilt, renter, rounding, run, saddle stitching, saddle-stitch, seam, side sewing, signature, single-stitch, slipcase, slipcover, smashing, soft binding, spiral binding, stamping, stapling, tack, tailband, tat, tipping, trimming, whip, whipstitch, wire stitching, wrapper