missew
missew verb: to sew badly, with errors.
Verb
missew (third-person singular simple present missews, present participle missewing, simple past missewed, past participle missewn or missewed)
- To sew badly, with errors.
- But the chances of miscutting and missewing will be greater than with the 2-bar unit and, since the tapering intervals are larger, the tapered edge will not be as smooth.1968, “A Method for Tapering Purse Seines”, in Commercial Fisheries Abstracts - Volume 21, page 5
- The supervisor noticed that the Grievant had missewed a sham and helped her assemble her work.1991, Randy Hodson, Labor Arbitration Information System, page 289
Examples of missew in a sentence
- A similar but more quickly developing series of events occurred at an apparel factory when workers were accused of missewing garments.2001, Dignity at Work, page 99:
- Now turn this sleeve over and show me what we have missewn.2009, Jay Lake, Green, page 51:
Forms of missew
| third-person singular present | missews |
|---|---|
| present participle | missewing |
| past | missewed |
| past participle | missewn |
| past participle | missewed |
Origin of missew
From mis- + sew.
Questions about missew
- What does missew mean?
- Missew means to sew badly, with errors.
- How do you use missew in a sentence?
- A similar but more quickly developing series of events occurred at an apparel factory when workers were accused of missewing garments.
- What part of speech is missew?
- Missew is a verb.
- What is the past tense of missew?
- The past tense of missew is missewed.
Words near missew in the dictionary
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