"sewing" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈsəʊɪŋ/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈsoʊɪŋ/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-sewing.wav [Southern-England] Forms: sewings [plural]
Rhymes: -əʊɪŋ Etymology: From Middle English sewinge, seuinge, seuwinge (“sewing”), equivalent to sew + -ing. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|sewinge}} Middle English sewinge, {{m|enm|seuinge}} seuinge, {{m|enm|seuwinge|t=sewing}} seuwinge (“sewing”), {{suffix|en|sew|ing}} sew + -ing Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} sewing (countable and uncountable, plural sewings)
  1. The action of the verb to sew. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (action of the verb to sew): خِيَاطَة (ḵiyāṭa) [feminine] (Arabic), حِيَاكَة (ḥiyāka) [feminine] (Arabic), خياطة (xiyaṭa) [Egyptian-Arabic, feminine] (Arabic), կար (kar) (Armenian), cuseare [feminine] (Aromanian), шыццё (šyccjó) [neuter] (Belarusian), шиене (šiene) [neuter] (Bulgarian), cosida [feminine] (Catalan), тегар (tegar) (Chechen), 縫紉 (Chinese Mandarin), 缝纫 (féngrèn) (Chinese Mandarin), (Chinese Mandarin), (féng) (Chinese Mandarin), cusgitura [feminine] (Corsican), ompelu (Finnish), couture [feminine] (French), costura [feminine] (Galician), Nähen [neuter] (German), varrás (Hungarian), ompelostöö (Ingrian), fuáil [feminine] (Irish), 裁縫 (saihō) (alt: さいほう) (Japanese), 재봉 (jaebong) (alt: 裁縫) (Korean), тигиш (tigiş) (Kyrgyz), തുന്നുക (tunnuka) (Malayalam), തയ്ക്കുക (taykkuka) (Malayalam), sying [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), sying [feminine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), costura [feminine] (Portuguese), cusut [neuter] (Romanian), шитьё (šitʹjó) [neuter] (Russian), šivanje (Serbo-Croatian), тигиш (tigiš) (Southern Altai), costura [feminine] (Spanish), шиття́ (šyttjá) [neuter] (Ukrainian), keudaedje [masculine] (Walloon), gwnïo [masculine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-sewing-en-noun--4EFmmgt Disambiguation of 'action of the verb to sew': 97 3
  2. Something that is being or has been sewn. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (Something that is being or has been sewn): կար (kar) (Armenian), нещо ушито (nešto ušito) (Bulgarian), ompele (Finnish), couture (French), fuáil [feminine] (Irish), cucito [masculine] (Italian), 縫い物 (nuimono) (alt: ぬいもの) (Japanese), пошив (pošiv) [masculine] (Russian), вы́шивка (výšivka) [feminine] (Russian), šivanje (Serbo-Croatian), švelo (Serbo-Croatian), costeure [feminine] (Walloon), gwniadwaith [masculine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-sewing-en-noun-5SUq6A29 Disambiguation of 'Something that is being or has been sewn': 4 96
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: sewing circle, sewing kit, sewing lounge, sewing machine, sewing needle, sewing room, Smyth sewing
Etymology number: 2

Verb

IPA: /ˈsəʊɪŋ/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈsoʊɪŋ/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-sewing.wav [Southern-England]
Rhymes: -əʊɪŋ Etymology: From sew + -ing. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|sew|ing}} sew + -ing Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} sewing
  1. present participle and gerund of sew Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: sew Categories (topical): Crafts, Sewing
    Sense id: en-sewing-en-verb-9rjOZQWj Disambiguation of Crafts: 26 17 57 Disambiguation of Sewing: 29 15 57 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -ing Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 24 73 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 5 18 77 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ing: 14 23 62
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

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          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "féngrèn",
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          "word": "縫"
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          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "féng",
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          "word": "缝"
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          "code": "co",
          "lang": "Corsican",
          "sense": "action of the verb to sew",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "cusgitura"
        },
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          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "action of the verb to sew",
          "word": "ompelu"
        },
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          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "action of the verb to sew",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "couture"
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          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
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          "tags": [
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          "word": "costura"
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          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "de",
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          "tags": [
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          "word": "Nähen"
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          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
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          "word": "varrás"
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        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "izh",
          "lang": "Ingrian",
          "sense": "action of the verb to sew",
          "word": "ompelostöö"
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          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "action of the verb to sew",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "fuáil"
        },
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          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "alt": "さいほう",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "saihō",
          "sense": "action of the verb to sew",
          "word": "裁縫"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "alt": "裁縫",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "jaebong",
          "sense": "action of the verb to sew",
          "word": "재봉"
        },
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          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "ky",
          "lang": "Kyrgyz",
          "roman": "tigiş",
          "sense": "action of the verb to sew",
          "word": "тигиш"
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          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "ml",
          "lang": "Malayalam",
          "roman": "tunnuka",
          "sense": "action of the verb to sew",
          "word": "തുന്നുക"
        },
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          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "ml",
          "lang": "Malayalam",
          "roman": "taykkuka",
          "sense": "action of the verb to sew",
          "word": "തയ്ക്കുക"
        },
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          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "action of the verb to sew",
          "tags": [
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            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "sying"
        },
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          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "nn",
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "sense": "action of the verb to sew",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
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          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "action of the verb to sew",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "costura"
        },
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          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "action of the verb to sew",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "cusut"
        },
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          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "šitʹjó",
          "sense": "action of the verb to sew",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "шитьё"
        },
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          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "action of the verb to sew",
          "word": "šivanje"
        },
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          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "alt",
          "lang": "Southern Altai",
          "roman": "tigiš",
          "sense": "action of the verb to sew",
          "word": "тигиш"
        },
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          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "action of the verb to sew",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "costura"
        },
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          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "šyttjá",
          "sense": "action of the verb to sew",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "шиття́"
        },
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          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "wa",
          "lang": "Walloon",
          "sense": "action of the verb to sew",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "keudaedje"
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          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
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          "ref": "1922, Virginia Woolf, chapter 1, in Jacob's Room",
          "text": "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.",
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          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "kar",
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          "word": "կար"
        },
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          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "nešto ušito",
          "sense": "Something that is being or has been sewn",
          "word": "нещо ушито"
        },
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          "_dis1": "4 96",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "Something that is being or has been sewn",
          "word": "ompele"
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          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "Something that is being or has been sewn",
          "word": "couture"
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          "_dis1": "4 96",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "Something that is being or has been sewn",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "fuáil"
        },
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          "_dis1": "4 96",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "Something that is being or has been sewn",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "cucito"
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          "_dis1": "4 96",
          "alt": "ぬいもの",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "nuimono",
          "sense": "Something that is being or has been sewn",
          "word": "縫い物"
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          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "pošiv",
          "sense": "Something that is being or has been sewn",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "пошив"
        },
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          "_dis1": "4 96",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "výšivka",
          "sense": "Something that is being or has been sewn",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "вы́шивка"
        },
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          "_dis1": "4 96",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "Something that is being or has been sewn",
          "word": "šivanje"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 96",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "Something that is being or has been sewn",
          "word": "švelo"
        },
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          "_dis1": "4 96",
          "code": "wa",
          "lang": "Walloon",
          "sense": "Something that is being or has been sewn",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "costeure"
        },
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          "_dis1": "4 96",
          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "Something that is being or has been sewn",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "gwniadwaith"
        }
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      "sense": "action of the verb to sew",
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      "sense": "action of the verb to sew",
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      "sense": "action of the verb to sew",
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      "sense": "action of the verb to sew",
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      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "action of the verb to sew",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "cosida"
    },
    {
      "code": "ce",
      "lang": "Chechen",
      "roman": "tegar",
      "sense": "action of the verb to sew",
      "word": "тегар"
    },
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      "sense": "action of the verb to sew",
      "word": "縫紉"
    },
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "féngrèn",
      "sense": "action of the verb to sew",
      "word": "缝纫"
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    {
      "code": "cmn",
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      "sense": "action of the verb to sew",
      "word": "縫"
    },
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
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      "sense": "action of the verb to sew",
      "word": "缝"
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      "code": "co",
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      "sense": "action of the verb to sew",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "cusgitura"
    },
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "action of the verb to sew",
      "word": "ompelu"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "action of the verb to sew",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "couture"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "action of the verb to sew",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "costura"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "action of the verb to sew",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "Nähen"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "action of the verb to sew",
      "word": "varrás"
    },
    {
      "code": "izh",
      "lang": "Ingrian",
      "sense": "action of the verb to sew",
      "word": "ompelostöö"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "action of the verb to sew",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "fuáil"
    },
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      "alt": "さいほう",
      "code": "ja",
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      "sense": "action of the verb to sew",
      "word": "裁縫"
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      "alt": "裁縫",
      "code": "ko",
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      "sense": "action of the verb to sew",
      "word": "재봉"
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      "sense": "action of the verb to sew",
      "word": "തുന്നുക"
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      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "roman": "taykkuka",
      "sense": "action of the verb to sew",
      "word": "തയ്ക്കുക"
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      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "action of the verb to sew",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "sying"
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      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "action of the verb to sew",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "sying"
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "action of the verb to sew",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "costura"
    },
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      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "action of the verb to sew",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "cusut"
    },
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      "code": "ru",
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      "roman": "šitʹjó",
      "sense": "action of the verb to sew",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "шитьё"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "action of the verb to sew",
      "word": "šivanje"
    },
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      "code": "alt",
      "lang": "Southern Altai",
      "roman": "tigiš",
      "sense": "action of the verb to sew",
      "word": "тигиш"
    },
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "action of the verb to sew",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "costura"
    },
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      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "šyttjá",
      "sense": "action of the verb to sew",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "шиття́"
    },
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      "code": "wa",
      "lang": "Walloon",
      "sense": "action of the verb to sew",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "keudaedje"
    },
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      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "action of the verb to sew",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "gwnïo"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "kar",
      "sense": "Something that is being or has been sewn",
      "word": "կար"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "nešto ušito",
      "sense": "Something that is being or has been sewn",
      "word": "нещо ушито"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "Something that is being or has been sewn",
      "word": "ompele"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "Something that is being or has been sewn",
      "word": "couture"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "Something that is being or has been sewn",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "fuáil"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "Something that is being or has been sewn",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cucito"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ぬいもの",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "nuimono",
      "sense": "Something that is being or has been sewn",
      "word": "縫い物"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "pošiv",
      "sense": "Something that is being or has been sewn",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "пошив"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "výšivka",
      "sense": "Something that is being or has been sewn",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "вы́шивка"
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      "code": "sh",
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      "sense": "Something that is being or has been sewn",
      "word": "šivanje"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "Something that is being or has been sewn",
      "word": "švelo"
    },
    {
      "code": "wa",
      "lang": "Walloon",
      "sense": "Something that is being or has been sewn",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "costeure"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "Something that is being or has been sewn",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "gwniadwaith"
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