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sewed

/ˈsəʊd/US/ˈsoʊd/

sewed is the simple past and past participle of sew.

Meaning of sew

Verb (1)

sew (third-person singular simple present sews, present participle sewing, simple past sewed, past participle sewn or sewed or (obsolete) sewen)

  1. (transitive) To use a needle to pass thread repeatedly through (pieces of fabric) in order to join them together.
    • I sewed a button on.
  2. (intransitive) To use a needle to pass thread repeatedly through pieces of fabric in order to join them together.
  3. (transitive) Followed by into: to enclose by sewing.
    • to sew money into a bag

Verb (2)

sew (third-person singular simple present sews, present participle sewing, simple past and past participle sewed)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To drain the water from.
    • Now geld with the gelder the ram and the bul, / sew ponds, amend dammes, and sel webster thy wul1573, Thomas Tusser, Five Hundred Pointes of Good Husbandrie, volume 8, page 40
  2. Of a ship, to be grounded.
    • The upward reaction of the keel blocks may be considered as a negative weight in a moment calculation, producing a decrease in the ship's stability, and it is most important that the vessel remains stable until she takes the blocks along the full length of her keel, i.e. when she is sewed, for...1962, Theory and Practice of Seamanship, page 236

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Adjective

sewed (not comparable)

  1. Having been created through the sewing process.

Phrases with sewed

Questions about sewed

What does sewed mean?
Sewed means having been created through the sewing process.
What is sewed the simple past and past participle of?
Sewed is the simple past and past participle of sew.
What part of speech is sewed?
Sewed is an adjective.
How do you pronounce sewed?
Sewed is pronounced /ˈsoʊd/ (US).

Words near sewed in the dictionary

  1. Seward's Folly
  2. sewardite
  3. Sewards
  4. Sewardstone
  5. sewars
  6. sewed
  7. sewed up
  8. sewedst
  9. Sewee
  10. Sewees
  11. sewel

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