stich
/stɪk/
stich noun: a verse, of whatever measure or number of feet, especially a verse of Scripture. Also the obsolete form of stitch.
Noun
stich (plural stichs)
- A verse, of whatever measure or number of feet, especially a verse of Scripture.
- A part of a line of poetry, especially in the distichal poetry of the Hebrew Bible and in early Germanic heroic verse such as Beowulf, where the line is composed of two (occasionally three) such parts.
- A row, line, or rank of trees.
Proper noun capitalized: Stich
IPA/stɪt͡ʃ/
Stich
- A surname from German.
- In the 1991 Wimbledon semifinal between Michael Stich and Stefan Edberg, there was just one service break in the entire match, and the guy whose serve was broken, Stich, ended up winning the match!2008, Pete Sampras, Peter Bodo, Pete Sampras: A Champion's Mind, published 2010, unnumbered page
Also used as
stich is also the obsolete form of stitch.
stich is also the misspelling of stitch.
Forms of stich
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | stichs |
| plural | stiches |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | stiches |
| present participle | stiching |
| past participle | stiched |
| past | stiched |
Origin of stich
Borrowed from Ancient Greek στίχος (stíkhos, “line, row, verse”). Akin to στείχω (steíkhō, “I go”).
Borrowed from German Stich.
Words formed from stich
Words that rhyme with stich
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- nick
- flick
- sick
- unpick
- chick
- dick
- rick
- vic
- wick
- crick
- ick
- shtick
- snick
- squick
- strick
- unstick
- blick
- hick
- inwick
- klick
- mick
- outwick
- pic
- Roman brick
- shlick
- sic
- SLC
- spic
- thicc
- tic
- Vick
- yardstick
- cinematographic
- fic
- flic
- frick
- gick
- hard tick
- hic
- hysteric
- Laconophilic
- megalographic
- miskick
- nic
- rainstick
- restart kick
- schtik
- shift stick
Questions about stich
- What does stich mean?
- Stich means a verse, of whatever measure or number of feet, especially a verse of Scripture.
- What part of speech is stich?
- Stich can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce stich?
- Stich is pronounced /stɪk/.
- What is the plural of stich?
- The plural of stich is stichs.
Words near stich in the dictionary
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