Phrase Hound found 7 phrases and 38 compound words that contain sew. The most common are listed below. Open sew in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 7
- cut and sewcustomized from raw fabric rather than purchased from a third-party supplier and then screenprinted or altered (of a garment)
- sew buttonsUsed in response to someone asking "so?"
- sew upTo seal by sewing.
- fig-sewAle boiled with wheaten bread and figs, a common Good Friday dish.
- re-sewTo sew again.
- sew-upsSynonym of tubulars: Bicycle tires with the inner tube permanently stitched inside the casing.
- sew buttons on your underwearAlternative form of sew buttons (“humorous response to someone asking "so?"”).
Compound words 38
- sewerA pipe or channel, or system of pipes or channels, used to remove human waste and to provide drainage.
- sewnpast participle of sew: To use a needle to pass thread repeatedly through (pieces of fabric) in order to join them together.
- missewTo sew badly, with errors.
- sewistOne who sews.
- outsewTo surpass in sewing; to sew more or better than.
- sewlessNot requiring sewing.
- besewTo sew.
- oversewTo sew together the edges of two pieces of fabric, with every stitch passing over the join.
- presewTo sew in advance.
- sewabilityThe quality of being sewable.