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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. a link or loop or knot made by an implement in knitting, crocheting, embroidery, or sewing;

2. a sharp spasm of pain in the side resulting from running;


VERB (1)

1. fasten by sewing; do needlework;
[syn: sew, run up, sew together, stitch]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Stitch \Stitch\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Stitched; p. pr. & vb. n. Stitching.] 1. To form stitches in; especially, to sew in such a manner as to show on the surface a continuous line of stitches; as, to stitch a shirt bosom. [1913 Webster] 2. To sew, or unite together by stitches; as, to stitch printed sheets in making a book or a pamphlet. [1913 Webster] 3. (Agric.) To form land into ridges. [1913 Webster] To stitch up, to mend or unite with a needle and thread; as, to stitch up a rent; to stitch up an artery. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Stitch \Stitch\, n. [OE. stiche, AS. stice a pricking, akin to stician to prick. See Stick, v. i.] 1. A single pass of a needle in sewing; the loop or turn of the thread thus made. [1913 Webster] 2. A single turn of the thread round a needle in knitting; a link, or loop, of yarn; as, to let down, or drop, a stitch; to take up a stitch. [1913 Webster] 3. [Cf. OE. sticche, stecche, stucche, a piece, AS. stycce. Cf. Stock.] A space of work taken up, or gone over, in a single pass of the needle; hence, by extension, any space passed over; distance. [1913 Webster] You have gone a good stitch. --Bunyan. [1913 Webster] In Syria the husbandmen go lightly over with their plow, and take no deep stitch in making their furrows. --Holland. [1913 Webster] 4. A local sharp pain; an acute pain, like the piercing of a needle; as, a stitch in the side. [1913 Webster] He was taken with a cold and with stitches, which was, indeed, a pleurisy. --Bp. Burnet. [1913 Webster] 5. A contortion, or twist. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] If you talk, Or pull your face into a stitch again, I shall be angry. --Marston. [1913 Webster] 6. Any least part of a fabric or dress; as, to wet every stitch of clothes. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster] 7. A furrow. --Chapman. [1913 Webster] 8. An arrangement of stitches, or method of stitching in some particular way or style; as, cross-stitch; herringbone stitch, etc. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] Chain stitch, Lock stitch. See in the Vocabulary. Pearl stitch, or Purl stitch. See 2nd Purl, 2. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Stitch \Stitch\, v. i. To practice stitching, or needlework. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

stitch n 1: a link or loop or knot made by an implement in knitting, crocheting, embroidery, or sewing 2: a sharp spasm of pain in the side resulting from running v 1: fasten by sewing; do needlework [syn: sew, run up, sew together, stitch]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

161 Moby Thesaurus words for "stitch": French knot, ache, acute pain, ankle, articulate, articulation, batten, batten down, bit, bite, bolt, boring pain, boundary, buckle, butt, button, cervix, chain stitch, charley horse, chip, chunk, clasp, cleat, clinch, clip, clipping, closure, collop, connecting link, connecting rod, connection, coupling, cramp, cramps, crick, cross-stitch, crumb, cut, cutting, darting pain, dollop, dovetail, elbow, embrace, end, fragment, fulgurant pain, girdle pain, gliding joint, gnawing, gob, gobbet, griping, hasp, hinge, hinged joint, hip, hitch, hook, hunk, interface, jam, join, joining, joint, jumping pain, juncture, kink, knee, knuckle, lancinating pain, latch, link, lock, lump, misery, miter, modicum, moiety, morceau, morsel, mortise, nail, neck, needle, needlepoint, nip, pang, paring, paroxysm, particle, patch, peg, picot, piece, pin, pinch, pivot, pivot joint, prick, rabbet, rasher, rivet, scarf, scoop, scrap, screw, seam, seizure, sew, sew up, shard, sharp pain, shaving, shiver, shoot, shooting, shooting pain, shoulder, shred, skewer, slice, sliver, smithereen, snack, snap, snatch, snick, snip, snippet, spasm, splinter, stab, stabbing pain, staple, stick, stockinette, stump, suture, symphysis, tack, tag, tailor, tatter, thrill, throes, tie rod, toggle, toggle joint, tormen, treble, tweak, twinge, twitch, union, wedge, weld, whipstitch, wrench, wrist, zipper