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Sewing

Noun CEFR C1 Standard
ˈsəʊɪŋ

Definitions

  1. The action of the verb to sew.
  2. Something that is being or has been sewn.

Equivalents

Françaiscouture
DeutschNähen
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Azərbaycan dilitikiş
Българскишиене
Češtinašicísítí
Cymraeggwnïo
Gaeilgefuáil
Gàidhligfuaigheal
Galegocostura
עבריתתפירה
हिन्दीसिलाई
Magyarvarrás
Հայերենկար
Italianocucito
ქართულიკერვა
Кыргызчатигиш
Latinaconsutura
Latviešušūšana
Македонскишиење
Nederlandsnaaien
Polskiszycie
Portuguêscostura
Românăcusut
Српскиsićišitisiti
Svenskasömnad
Türkçedikiş
Українськашиття́

Examples

She put down her sewing and went to answer the door.”
The sewing has come undone on this seam.”
Mrs. Flanders had left her sewing on the table. There were her large reels of white cotton and her steel spectacles; her needle-case; her brown wool wound round an old postcard.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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