understitch

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verb

To stitch through the facing of a garment, etc. but not through the surface.

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Meanings

verbunderstitch (third-person singular simple present understitches, present participle understitching, simple past and past participle understitched)

present singular third person understitches · participle present understitching · participle past understitched · past understitched

  1. To stitch through the facing of a garment, etc. but not through the surface.
noununderstitch (plural understitches)

plural understitches

  1. A stitch that passes through the facing of a garment, etc. but not through the surface.

Origin

From under- + stitch.

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APA

understitch. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/understitch

MLA

“understitch.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/understitch. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “understitch,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/understitch.

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