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Meaning of Sewing | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1 Standard
ˈsəʊɪŋ

Definitions

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

Equivalents

العربية الخياطة حِيَاكَة خياطة
Azərbaycanca tikiş
Български шиене
Bosanski šiti
Català cosida costura
Čeština šicí sítí
Cymraeg gwnïo
Deutsch nähen Nähen
Ελληνικά ραπτικός ράψιμο
Español cosedura costura
Suomi ompele ompeleminen ompelu suturaatio
Français couture
Gaeilge fuáil
Galego costura
עברית תפירה
हिन्दी सिलाई
Hrvatski šiti
Magyar varrás
Հայերեն կար
Italiano cucito
日本語 縫い物 縫製 裁縫
ქართული კერვა
한국어 바느질 재봉
Kurdî sitî şitî
Кыргызча тигиш
Latviešu šūšana
Македонски шиење
മലയാളം തയ്ക്കുക തുന്നുക
Nederlands naaien
Polski szycie
Português costura
Română cusut
Русский вышивка пошив шитьё
Српски šiti
Svenska sömnad
ไทย การเย็บผ้า
Türkçe dikiş
Українська шиття́

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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See also

sewing circle sewing kit sewing lounge sewing machine sewing needle sewing room

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