| Main Entry: | sew |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | prepare fabric for clothing, covering |
Synonyms: |
baste, bind, embroider, fasten, piece, seam, stitch, tack, tailor, work |
Antonyms: |
rip, tear |
| Main Entry: | sewing |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | stitching |
Synonyms: |
backstitching, darning, dressmaking, embroidering, mending, needlecraft, needlework, patching, seaming, stitchery, tailoring |
| Main Entry: | housework |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | cleaning, maintaining a home |
Synonyms: |
administration, bed-making, cooking, domestic art, domestic science, dusting, home economics, homemaking, housecraft, housekeeping, ironing, laundering, management, mopping, sewing, stewardship, sweeping, washing |
| Main Entry: | knit |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | intertwine |
Synonyms: |
affiliate, affix, ally, bind, cable, connect, contract, crochet, fasten, heal, interlace, intermingle, join, link, loop, mend, net, purl, repair, secure, sew, spin, tie, unite, weave, web |
| Notes: | to knit means to make a fabric or garment by intertwining yarn or thread in a series of connected loops by using knitting needles or on a machine, while a nit is the egg or young of a parasitic insect |
Antonyms: |
unknit |
| Main Entry: | mend |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | correct, improve, fix |
Synonyms: |
aid, ameliorate, amend, better, condition, convalesce, cure, darn, doctor, emend, fiddle with, gain, get better, get well, heal, knit, look up, overhaul, patch, perk up, ready, rebuild, recondition, reconstruct, recover, rectify, recuperate, redress, refit, reform, refurbish, rejuvenate, remedy, renew, renovate, repair, restore, retouch, revamp, revise, right, service, sew |
Antonyms: |
break, destroy, hurt, ruin, weaken |
| Main Entry: | needlework |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | needlepoint |
Synonyms: |
crocheting, darning, embroidery, knitting, lace, quilting, sewing, stitchery, stitching, tatting |
| Main Entry: | patch |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | fix, mend |
Synonyms: |
cobble, cover, darn, do up, fiddle with, overhaul, rebuild, recondition, reconstruct, reinforce, repair, retread, revamp, sew |
Antonyms: |
break, damage, rend, tear |
| Main Entry: | repair |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | fix, restore |
Synonyms: |
compensate for, correct, darn, debug, do up, doctor*, emend, fiddle with, give a face-lift, heal, improve, make good, make up for, mend, overhaul, patch, patch up, put back together, put in order, put right, rebuild, recondition, recover, rectify, redress, reform, refresh, refurbish, rejuvenate, remedy, renew, renovate, retread, retrieve, revamp, revive, right, settle, sew, square*, touch up |
Antonyms: |
break, damage, destroy, hurt, injure, ruin, spoil, wreck |
| Main Entry: | tack |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | attach |
Synonyms: |
add, affix, annex, append, baste, fasten, fix, hem, mount, nail, paste, pin, sew, staple, stitch, tag, tie |
Antonyms: |
detach, separate, unfasten, untack |
| Main Entry: | weave |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | blend, unite; contrive |
Synonyms: |
braid, build, careen, complect, complicate, compose, construct, create, criss-cross, crochet, cue, entwine, fabricate, fold, fuse, incorporate, interfold, interlace, interlink, intermingle, intertwine, introduce, knit, knot, loop, lurch, make, make up, manufacture, mat, merge, mesh, move in and out, net, piece together, plait, ply, put together, reticulate, sew, snake, spin, splice, twine, twist, twist and turn, whip through, wind, wreathe, writhe, zigzag |
Antonyms: |
divide, separate |