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backstitching

backstitching is the present participle and gerund of backstitch.

Meaning of backstitch

Verb

backstitch (third-person singular simple present backstitches, present participle backstitching, simple past and past participle backstitched)

  1. To sew with a backstitch.

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Questions about backstitching

What is backstitching the present participle and gerund of?
Backstitching is the present participle and gerund of backstitch.

Words near backstitching in the dictionary

  1. backstick
  2. backsticks
  3. backstitch
  4. backstitched
  5. backstitches
  6. backstitching
  7. backstock
  8. backstocks
  9. backstone
  10. backstones
  11. backstop

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Adapted from Wiktionary: backstitching (page history and authors); backstitch (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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