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stitching

STICH-ing/ˈstɪt͡ʃɪŋ/

Pluralstitchings

3 meanings of stitching

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  1. 1
    seamsnouncountable or uncountable
    The stitches in something, taken together as a whole.

    The leather boots have double stitching along every seam.

    Cheap jeans often have loose stitching that unravels after a few washes.

  2. 2
    sewing or joiningverb
    Present participle and gerund of stitch.

    The doctor finished stitching the wound in under ten minutes.

    The software is stitching the photos into one wide panorama.

    Note

    The -ing form spans the needle and the screen: a doctor stitching a wound, software stitching photos into one panorama, and on TikTok, stitching another creator's clip into your own video so the two play in sequence. As a gerund it can name the pastime itself, as in she took up stitching, which sits close to the noun for the stitches themselves.

Less common meaning

  1. 3
    noun
    In computer graphics, a synonym of z-fighting.

stitching is a form of stitch

stitch, verb: To sew, or to join things together or attach one thing to another with stitches. Full entry

Forms
stitchstitches he/she/itstitching -ing formstitched past tense, past participle
Spelling
stitch → stitching: add -ing

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