Meanings
sewing1
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of sew
sewing2
plural sewings
- countableuncountableThe action of the verb to sew.
- countableuncountableSomething that is being or has been sewn.
The sewing has come undone on this seam.
2 more examples
She put down her sewing and went to answer the door.
Mrs. Flanders had left her sewing on the table. There were her large reels of white cotton and her steel spectacles; her needle-case; her brown wool wound round an old postcard.
1922, Virginia Woolf, chapter 1, in Jacob's Room
Synonyms & antonyms
nounneedlework on which you are working with needle and thread
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
sewing · noun
- Middle Englishsewinge
- Englishsewing
From Middle English sewinge, seuinge, seuwinge (“sewing”), equivalent to sew + -ing.
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Arabic خِيَاطَة, حِيَاكَة
- خِيَاطَة (ḵiyāṭa)action of the verb to sew
- حِيَاكَة (ḥiyāka)action of the verb to sew
Bulgarian ши́ене, не́що уши́то
- ши́ене (šíene)action of the verb to sew
- не́що уши́то (néšto ušíto)something that is being or has been sewn
Catalan cosida, costura
- cosidaaction of the verb to sew
- costurasomething that is being or has been sewn
Chinese Mandarin 縫紉 /缝纫, 縫 /缝
- 縫紉 /缝纫 (féngrèn)action of the verb to sew
- 縫 /缝 (féng)action of the verb to sew
Czech šití
- šitíaction of the verb to sew
Danish syning
- syningaction of the verb to sew
Dutch naaien
- naaienaction of the verb to sew
Estonian õmblemine
- õmblemineaction of the verb to sew
Finnish ompelu, ompele
- ompeluaction of the verb to sew
- ompelesomething that is being or has been sewn
French couture, couture
- coutureaction of the verb to sew
- couturesomething that is being or has been sewn
German Nähen
- Nähenaction of the verb to sew
Greek ράψιμο
- ράψιμο (rápsimo)action of the verb to sew
Hebrew תְּפִירָה
- תְּפִירָה (t'firá)action of the verb to sew
Hindi सिलाई, सिलाई
- सिलाई (silāī)action of the verb to sew
- सिलाई (silāī)something that is being or has been sewn
Hungarian varrás
- varrásaction of the verb to sew
Icelandic saumaskap
- saumaskapaction of the verb to sew
Irish fuáil, fuáil
- fuáilaction of the verb to sew
- fuáilsomething that is being or has been sewn
Italian cucito, cucito
- cucitoaction of the verb to sew
- cucitosomething that is being or has been sewn
Japanese 裁縫, 縫い物
- 裁縫 (saihō)action of the verb to sew
- 縫い物 (nuimono)something that is being or has been sewn
Korean 재봉, 바느질
- 재봉 (jaebong)action of the verb to sew
- 바느질 (baneujil)action of the verb to sew
Latvian šūšana
- šūšanaaction of the verb to sew
Lithuanian siuvimas
- siuvimasaction of the verb to sew
Norwegian Bokmål sying
- syingaction of the verb to sew
Polish szycie
- szycieaction of the verb to sew
Portuguese costura
- costuraaction of the verb to sew
Romanian cusut
- cusutaction of the verb to sew
Russian шитьё, поши́в
- шитьё (šitʹjó)action of the verb to sew
- поши́в (pošív)something that is being or has been sewn
- вы́шивка (výšivka)something that is being or has been sewn
Slovak šitie
- šitieaction of the verb to sew
Spanish costura, cosedura
- costuraaction of the verb to sew
- coseduraaction of the verb to sew
- cosidoaction of the verb to sew
- costurasomething that is being or has been sewn
- cosedurasomething that is being or has been sewn
Swedish sömnad
- sömnadaction of the verb to sew
Thai การเย็บผ้า
- การเย็บผ้า (gaan-yép-pâa)action of the verb to sew
Turkish dikiş
- dikişaction of the verb to sew
Ukrainian шиття́
- шиття́ (šyttjá)action of the verb to sew
Urdu سِلائی
- سِلائی (silāī)action of the verb to sew
Vietnamese sự khâu
- sự khâuaction of the verb to sew
Welsh gwnïo, gwniadwaith
- gwnïoaction of the verb to sew
- gwniadwaithsomething that is being or has been sewn
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sewing. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sewing
“sewing.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sewing. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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