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Synonyms for sewed-up
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : soh |
| Phonetic Transcription : soʊ |
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Définition of sewed-up
Origin :- Old English siwian "to stitch, sew, mend, patch, knit together," earlier siowian, from Proto-Germanic *siwjanan (cf. Old Norse syja, Swedish sy, Danish sye, Old Frisian sia, Old High German siuwan, Gothic siujan "to sew"), from PIE root *syu- "to bind, sew" (cf. Sanskrit sivyati "sews," sutram "thread, string;" Greek hymen "thin skin, membrane," hymnos "song;" Latin suere "to sew, sew together;" Old Church Slavonic šijo "to sew," šivu "seam;" Lettish siuviu, siuti "to sew," siuvikis "tailor;" Russian švec "tailor"). Related: Sewed; sewing. To sew (something) up "bring it to a conclusion" is a figurative use attested by 1904.
- As in prepared : adj ready in body or mind
- By doing this, the sewed-up seam comes at the back of the mounted specimen, in the hair, and out of sight.
- Extract from : « Taxidermy and Zoological Collecting » by William T. Hornaday
- Look at that gourd, old, with a sewed-up crack in it, and yet to my mind it serves its purpose better than a china basin.
- Extract from : « An Arkansas Planter » by Opie Percival Read
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