sew

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• Received-Pronunciation: /səʊ/
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• Scotland: /so/
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• rhymes with -əʊ
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• homophone: sow (one pronunciation)
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• homophone: seau
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• homophone: so
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• homophone: soe
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• homophone: soh (toe–tow merger)
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From Middle English sew (“broth”), from Old English sēaw (“sap, juice”), from Proto-West Germanic *sauw.

From Middle English sewen, sowen, from Old English siwian, seowian, seowan (“to sew, mend, patch, knit together, link, unite”), from Proto-Germanic *siwjaną (“to sew”), from Proto-Indo-European *syewH- (“to sew”). Cognate with Scots sew, North Frisian saie, sei, Saterland Frisian säie, Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish sy, and, more distantly, Polish szyć, Russian шить (šitʹ), Latin suō, Sanskrit सीव्यति (sī́vyati). Related to seam.

Back-formation from sewer (“a drain”).

208 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Ainu: ケメィキ (kemeyki) — (transitive) use a needle
• Aklanon: tahi' — (transitive) use a needle
• Northern Altai: кӧктӧерге (köktöerge) — (transitive) use a needle
• Northern Altai: тигерге (tigerge) — (transitive) use a needle
• Southern Altai: тигер (tiger) — (transitive) use a needle
• Arabic: خَاطَ (ḵāṭa) — (transitive) use a needle
• Arabic: خَيَّطَ (ḵayyaṭa) — (transitive) use a needle
• Armenian: կարել (karel) — (transitive) use a needle
• Aromanian: cos — (transitive) use a needle
• Assamese: সীয়া (xia) — (transitive) use a needle
• Assamese: চিলোৱা (silüa) — (transitive) use a needle
• Bashkir: тегеү (tegew) — (transitive) use a needle
• Belarusian: шыць (šycʹ) — (transitive) use a needle
• Bislama: somap — (transitive) use a needle
• Breton: gwriat — (transitive) use a needle
• Bulgarian: ши́я (šíja) — (transitive) use a needle
• Burmese: ချုပ် (hkyup) — (transitive) use a needle
• Catalan: cosir — (transitive) use a needle
• Cebuano: tahi — (transitive) use a needle
• Chechen: тега (tega) — (transitive) use a needle
• Hakka Chinese: 攣 /挛 (lionˇ) — (transitive) use a needle
• Chinese: 紩 /𮉢 (zh-min-nan) — (transitive) use a needle
• Chinese Mandarin: 縫 /缝 (féng) — (transitive) use a needle
• Chinese Mandarin: 縫製 /缝制 (féngzhì) — (transitive) use a needle
• Chinese Mandarin: 縫紉 /缝纫 (féngrèn) — (transitive) use a needle
• Czech: šít — (transitive) use a needle
• Dalmatian: coser — (transitive) use a needle
• Danish: sy — (transitive) use a needle
• Dutch: naaien — (transitive) use a needle
• Esperanto: kudri — (transitive) use a needle
• Evenki: улли- (ulli-) — (transitive) use a needle
• Extremaduran: cosel — (transitive) use a needle
• Finnish: ommella — (transitive) use a needle
• French: coudre — (transitive) use a needle
• Friulian: cusî — (transitive) use a needle
• Galician: coser — (transitive) use a needle
• Georgian: კერვა (ḳerva) — (transitive) use a needle
• German: nähen — (transitive) use a needle
• Gothic: 𐍃𐌹𐌿𐌾𐌰𐌽 (siujan) — (transitive) use a needle
• Greek: ράβω (rávo) — (transitive) use a needle
• Ancient Greek: ῥάπτω (rháptō) — (transitive) use a needle
• Ancient Greek: κασσύω (kassúō) — (transitive) use a needle
• Greenlandic: mersorpaa — (transitive) use a needle
• Haitian Creole: koud — (transitive) use a needle
• Hawaiian: humuhumu — (transitive) use a needle
• Hebrew: תָּפַר (tafár) — (transitive) use a needle
• Higaonon: tahi — (transitive) use a needle
• Hindi: सीना (sīnā) — (transitive) use a needle
• Hindi: सिलना (silnā) — (transitive) use a needle
• Hungarian: varr — (transitive) use a needle
• Hunsrik: nehe — (transitive) use a needle
• Icelandic: sauma — (transitive) use a needle
• Ido: sutar — (transitive) use a needle
• Ilocano: agdait — (transitive) use a needle
• Ilocano: daiten — (transitive) use a needle
• Indonesian: jahit — (transitive) use a needle
• Indonesian: menjahit — (transitive) use a needle
• Ingrian: ommella — (transitive) use a needle
• Irish: fuaigh — (transitive) use a needle
• Isnag: daxet — (transitive) use a needle
• Italian: cucire — (transitive) use a needle
• Japanese: 縫う (nuu) — (transitive) use a needle
• Japanese: 縫製する (hōsei suru) — (transitive) use a needle
• Javanese: dondom — (transitive) use a needle
• Jeju: 줍다 (jupda) — (transitive) use a needle
• Kapampangan: tai — (transitive) use a needle
• Kashubian: szëc — (transitive) use a needle
• Khmer: ដេរ (dee) — (transitive) use a needle
• Korean: 깁다 (gipda) — (transitive) use a needle
• Korean: 꿰매다 (kkwemaeda) — (transitive) use a needle
• Central Kurdish: دوورین (dûrîn) — (transitive) use a needle
• Kyrgyz: тикүү (tiküü) — (transitive) use a needle
• Ladino: kuzir — (transitive) use a needle
• Lao: ຫຍິບ (nyip) — (transitive) use a needle
• Lao: ສນະ (sa na) — (transitive) use a needle
• Latgalian: šyut — (transitive) use a needle
• Latin: suō — (transitive) use a needle
• Latvian: šūt — (transitive) use a needle
• Lingala: sono — (transitive) use a needle
• Lingala: tonga — (transitive) use a needle
• Lithuanian: siūti — (transitive) use a needle
• Lombard: cusì — (transitive) use a needle
• Lombard: cüsì — (transitive) use a needle
• Luxembourgish: bitzen — (transitive) use a needle
• Luxembourgish: néien — (transitive) use a needle
• Macedonian: ши́е (šíe) — (transitive) use a needle
• Malay: jahit — (transitive) use a needle
• Manchu: ᡠᡶᡳᠮᠪᡳ (ufimbi) — (transitive) use a needle
• Mansaka: tai — (transitive) use a needle
• Manx: whaal — (transitive) use a needle
• Manx: fuaill — (transitive) use a needle
• Māori: tuitui — (transitive) use a needle
• Middle English: sewen — (transitive) use a needle
• Nanai: улпи- (ulpi-) — (transitive) use a needle
• Norman: couôtre — (transitive) use a needle
• Norwegian Bokmål: sy — (transitive) use a needle
• Norwegian Nynorsk: sy — (transitive) use a needle
• Occitan: cordurar — (transitive) use a needle
• Occitan: cóser — (transitive) use a needle
• Oromo: hodhuu — (transitive) use a needle
• Ossetian: хуийын (xwijyn) — (transitive) use a needle
• Persian: دوختن (duxtan) — (transitive) use a needle
• Persian: آجیدن (âjidan) — (transitive) use a needle
• Polish: szyć — (transitive) use a needle
• Portuguese: costurar — (transitive) use a needle
• Portuguese: coser — (transitive) use a needle
• Quechua: siray — (transitive) use a needle
• Quechua: sirai — (transitive) use a needle
• Quechua: hirai — (transitive) use a needle
• Romanian: coase — (transitive) use a needle
• Romansh: cuser — (transitive) use a needle
• Romansh: cusir — (transitive) use a needle
• Russian: шить (šitʹ) — (transitive) use a needle
• Northern Sami: goarrut — (transitive) use a needle
• Sanskrit: सीव्यति (sī́vyati) — (transitive) use a needle
• Santali: ᱨᱳᱜ (rok’) — (transitive) use a needle
• Sardinian: cosie — (transitive) use a needle
• Sardinian: cosire — (transitive) use a needle
• Sardinian: cusiri — (transitive) use a needle
• Sardinian: cusire — (transitive) use a needle
• Scottish Gaelic: fuaigheil — (transitive) use a needle
• Serbo-Croatian: šivati — (transitive) use a needle
• Serbo-Croatian: шивати — (transitive) use a needle
• Serbo-Croatian: šiti — (transitive) use a needle
• Serbo-Croatian: шити — (transitive) use a needle
• Sicilian: cùsiri — (transitive) use a needle
• Sicilian: nchimari — (transitive) use a needle
• Sindhi: سِبَڻُ (sibaṇu) — (transitive) use a needle
• Slovak: šiť — (transitive) use a needle
• Slovene: šivati — (transitive) use a needle
• Lower Sorbian: šyś — (transitive) use a needle
• Upper Sorbian: šić — (transitive) use a needle
• Spanish: coser — (transitive) use a needle
• Sudovian: shūt — (transitive) use a needle
• Sundanese: kaput — (transitive) use a needle
• Sundanese: ngaput — (transitive) use a needle
• Swahili: shona — (transitive) use a needle
• Swedish: sy — (transitive) use a needle
• Tagalog: magtahi — (transitive) use a needle
• Tagalog: tahiin — (transitive) use a needle
• Tamil: தை (tai) — (transitive) use a needle
• Tausug: tahi — (transitive) use a needle
• Thai: เย็บ (yép) — (transitive) use a needle
• Tibetan: བཙེམས (btsems) — (transitive) use a needle
• Tok Pisin: samapim — (transitive) use a needle
• Tooro: -baziira — (transitive) use a needle
• Tooro: -sona — (transitive) use a needle
• Turkish: dikmek — (transitive) use a needle
• Ukrainian: ши́ти (šýty) — (transitive) use a needle
• Urdu: سینا (sīnā) — (transitive) use a needle
• Urdu: سلنا (silnā) — (transitive) use a needle
• Urdu: سلانا (silānā) — (transitive) use a needle
• Vietnamese: khâu — (transitive) use a needle
• Vietnamese: may — (transitive) use a needle
• Volapük: nägön — (transitive) use a needle
• Yakut: тик (tik) — (transitive) use a needle
• Yámana: umaka — (transitive) use a needle
• Yiddish: נייען (neyen) — (transitive) use a needle
• Yoruba: rán — (transitive) use a needle
• Zealandic: naoie — (transitive) use a needle
• Ainu: ケメィキ (kemeyki) — (intransitive) use a needle
• Arabic: خَاطَ (ḵāṭa) — (intransitive) use a needle
• Armenian: կարել (karel) — (intransitive) use a needle
• Bashkir: тегеү (tegew) — (intransitive) use a needle
• Bashkir: тегенеү (tegenew) — (intransitive) use a needle
• Catalan: cosir — (intransitive) use a needle
• Cherokee: ᎦᏰᏫᏍᎦ (gayewisga) — (intransitive) use a needle
• Chinese Mandarin: 縫紉 /缝纫 (féngrèn) — (intransitive) use a needle
• Czech: šít — (intransitive) use a needle
• Danish: sy — (intransitive) use a needle
• Dutch: naaien — (intransitive) use a needle
• Finnish: ommella — (intransitive) use a needle
• Galician: coser — (intransitive) use a needle
• German: nähen — (intransitive) use a needle
• Greek: ράβω (rávo) — (intransitive) use a needle
• Ancient Greek: ῥάπτω (rháptō) — (intransitive) use a needle
• Greenlandic: mersorpoq — (intransitive) use a needle
• Hindi: सीना (sīnā) — (intransitive) use a needle
• Hindi: सिलना (silnā) — (intransitive) use a needle
• Hungarian: varr — (intransitive) use a needle
• Ingrian: ommella — (intransitive) use a needle
• Italian: cucire — (intransitive) use a needle
• Korean: 바느질하다 (baneujilhada) — (intransitive) use a needle
• Latin: suō — (intransitive) use a needle
• Lingala: tonga — (intransitive) use a needle
• Manx: whaal — (intransitive) use a needle
• Manx: fuaill — (intransitive) use a needle
• Māori: tuitui — (intransitive) use a needle
• Middle English: sewen — (intransitive) use a needle
• Navajo: náʼáłkad — (intransitive) use a needle
• Norwegian Bokmål: sy — (intransitive) use a needle
• Norwegian Nynorsk: sy — (intransitive) use a needle
• Occitan: cóser — (intransitive) use a needle
• Portuguese: costurar — (intransitive) use a needle
• Portuguese: coser — (intransitive) use a needle
• Romanian: coase — (intransitive) use a needle
• Russian: шить (šitʹ) — (intransitive) use a needle
• Northern Sami: goarrut — (intransitive) use a needle
• Sanskrit: सीव्यति (sī́vyati) — (intransitive) use a needle
• Santali: ᱨᱳᱜ (rok’) — (intransitive) use a needle
• Sicilian: cùsiri — (intransitive) use a needle
• Sicilian: nchimari — (intransitive) use a needle
• Sindhi: سِبَڻُ (sibaṇu) — (intransitive) use a needle
• Spanish: coser — (intransitive) use a needle
• Thai: เย็บ (yép) — (intransitive) use a needle
• Tok Pisin: samap — (intransitive) use a needle
• Yiddish: נייען (neyen) — (intransitive) use a needle
• Zealandic: naoie — (intransitive) use a needle