"hemstitch" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: hemstitches [plural]
Etymology: hem + stitch Etymology templates: {{compound|en|hem|stitch}} hem + stitch Head templates: {{en-noun}} hemstitch (plural hemstitches)
  1. an embroidery stitch in which parallel threads are drawn together in groups Translations (an embroidery stitch): ажур (ažur) [masculine] (Bulgarian), Hohlsaum [masculine] (German), greim fáithime [masculine] (Irish), vainica [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-hemstitch-en-noun-OftQRChX

Verb

Forms: hemstitches [present, singular, third-person], hemstitching [participle, present], hemstitched [participle, past], hemstitched [past]
Etymology: hem + stitch Etymology templates: {{compound|en|hem|stitch}} hem + stitch Head templates: {{en-verb}} hemstitch (third-person singular simple present hemstitches, present participle hemstitching, simple past and past participle hemstitched)
  1. to sew or embroider using this stitch Categories (topical): Sewing
    Sense id: en-hemstitch-en-verb-mf6aP5KZ Disambiguation of Sewing: 24 76 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 36 64 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 11 89

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for hemstitch meaning in English (2.5kB)

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