"chain stitch" meaning in English

See chain stitch in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: chain stitches [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} chain stitch (plural chain stitches)
  1. A stitch like the links of a chain, used in crocheting. Translations (crochet stitch): luftmaske [common-gender] (Danish)
    Sense id: en-chain_stitch-en-noun-Vn~RJr5G Disambiguation of 'crochet stitch': 42 31 26
  2. An ornamental stitch like the links of a chain, used in sewing and embroidery. Categories (topical): Sewing
    Sense id: en-chain_stitch-en-noun-2BZ6-XXs Disambiguation of Sewing: 9 60 31
  3. (machine sewing) A stitch in which the looping of the thread or threads forms a chain on the underside of the work; the loop stitch, as distinguished from the lock stitch.
    Sense id: en-chain_stitch-en-noun-3Cla6bXz Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 7 89 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 8 13 79 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 7 10 83

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

Download JSON data for chain stitch meaning in English (2.3kB)

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "chain stitches",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "chain stitch (plural chain stitches)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A stitch like the links of a chain, used in crocheting."
      ],
      "id": "en-chain_stitch-en-noun-Vn~RJr5G",
      "links": [
        [
          "stitch",
          "stitch"
        ],
        [
          "link",
          "link"
        ],
        [
          "chain",
          "chain"
        ],
        [
          "crochet",
          "crochet"
        ]
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "42 31 26",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "crochet stitch",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "luftmaske"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "9 60 31",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Sewing",
          "orig": "en:Sewing",
          "parents": [
            "Crafts",
            "Society",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "An ornamental stitch like the links of a chain, used in sewing and embroidery."
      ],
      "id": "en-chain_stitch-en-noun-2BZ6-XXs",
      "links": [
        [
          "ornamental",
          "ornamental"
        ],
        [
          "stitch",
          "stitch"
        ],
        [
          "link",
          "link"
        ],
        [
          "chain",
          "chain"
        ],
        [
          "sew",
          "sew"
        ],
        [
          "embroidery",
          "embroidery"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "4 7 89",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "8 13 79",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with topic categories using raw markup",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "7 10 83",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A stitch in which the looping of the thread or threads forms a chain on the underside of the work; the loop stitch, as distinguished from the lock stitch."
      ],
      "id": "en-chain_stitch-en-noun-3Cla6bXz",
      "links": [
        [
          "stitch",
          "stitch"
        ],
        [
          "loop",
          "loop"
        ],
        [
          "thread",
          "thread"
        ],
        [
          "chain",
          "chain"
        ],
        [
          "underside",
          "underside"
        ],
        [
          "loop stitch",
          "loop stitch"
        ],
        [
          "lock stitch",
          "lock stitch"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "machine sewing",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(machine sewing) A stitch in which the looping of the thread or threads forms a chain on the underside of the work; the loop stitch, as distinguished from the lock stitch."
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "chain stitch"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
    "English lemmas",
    "English multiword terms",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
    "en:Sewing"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "chain stitches",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "chain stitch (plural chain stitches)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A stitch like the links of a chain, used in crocheting."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "stitch",
          "stitch"
        ],
        [
          "link",
          "link"
        ],
        [
          "chain",
          "chain"
        ],
        [
          "crochet",
          "crochet"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "An ornamental stitch like the links of a chain, used in sewing and embroidery."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "ornamental",
          "ornamental"
        ],
        [
          "stitch",
          "stitch"
        ],
        [
          "link",
          "link"
        ],
        [
          "chain",
          "chain"
        ],
        [
          "sew",
          "sew"
        ],
        [
          "embroidery",
          "embroidery"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A stitch in which the looping of the thread or threads forms a chain on the underside of the work; the loop stitch, as distinguished from the lock stitch."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "stitch",
          "stitch"
        ],
        [
          "loop",
          "loop"
        ],
        [
          "thread",
          "thread"
        ],
        [
          "chain",
          "chain"
        ],
        [
          "underside",
          "underside"
        ],
        [
          "loop stitch",
          "loop stitch"
        ],
        [
          "lock stitch",
          "lock stitch"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "machine sewing",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(machine sewing) A stitch in which the looping of the thread or threads forms a chain on the underside of the work; the loop stitch, as distinguished from the lock stitch."
      ]
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "crochet stitch",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "luftmaske"
    }
  ],
  "word": "chain stitch"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-04-30 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-04-21 using wiktextract (210104c and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.