Stitch Definition

stĭch

stitched, stitches, stitching

noun

stitches

A single complete in-and-out movement of the threaded needle in sewing.

Webster's New World

Webster's New World

A single loop of yarn worked off a needle in knitting, crocheting, etc.

Webster's New World

The piece of thread worked in, or a loop, knot, etc. made, by stitching.

Webster's New World

A way of arranging the threads in sewing, knitting, crocheting, or suturing.

Used a purl stitch.

American Heritage

Synonyms:

verb

stitched, stitches, stitching

To fasten, join, repair, adorn, or operate upon with or as with stitches; sew.

Webster's New World

To mend or repair with stitches.

Stitched up the tear.

American Heritage

To decorate or ornament, as with stitches.

American Heritage

To fasten or unite (cartons, booklets, etc.) with staples.

Webster's New World

To make stitches; sew.

Webster's New World

Synonyms:

idiom

in stitches

American Heritage

in stitches

Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Stitch

Singular:

stitch

Plural:

From Middle English stiche, from Old English stiÄ‹e (“a prick, puncture, stab, thrust with a pointed implement, pricking sensation, stitch, pain in the side, sting"), from Proto-Germanic *stikiz (“prick, piercing, stitch"), from Proto-Indo-European *steg- (“to stab, pierce"). Cognate with Dutch steek (“prick, stitch"), German Stich (“a prick, piercing, stitch"), Old English stician (“to stick, stab, pierce, prick"). More at stick.

From Wiktionary
Middle English stiche from Old English stice sting steig- in Indo-European roots

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
From Old English stiÄ‹ian

From Wiktionary