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Meaning of "stitch up" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF STITCH UP

stitch up play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF STITCH UP

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Stitch up is a verb and can also act as a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

WHAT DOES STITCH UP MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of stitch up in the English dictionary

The first definition of stitch up in the dictionary is to join or mend by means of stitches or sutures. Other definition of stitch up is to incriminate on a false charge by manufacturing evidence. Stitch up is also to betray, cheat, or defraud.


WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE STITCH UP

stirrup
stirrup bone
stirrup cup
stirrup iron
stirrup leather
stirrup pump
stirrup strap
stishie
stitch
stitch wheel
stitch-up
stitchcraft
stitcher
stitchery
stitching
stitchwork
stitchwort
stithied
stithies
stithy

WORDS THAT END LIKE STITCH UP

bash up
brush up
cash up
catch up
cough up
dish up
earth up
fetch up
high up
hush up
polish up
psych up
rough up
touch up
wash up
weigh up

Synonyms and antonyms of stitch up in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «stitch up» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF STITCH UP

Find out the translation of stitch up to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of stitch up from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «stitch up» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

缝合
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

suturar
570 millions of speakers

English

stitch up
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

ऊपर सिलाई
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

غرزة تصل
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

зашивать
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

costurar
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

টুকা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

recoudre
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Jahit
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

nähen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

アップステッチ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

꿰매
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Jahitan
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

khâu lên
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

தைத்து வரை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

शिवणे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Dikmek
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

ricucire
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

ściegu
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

зашивати
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

cârpi
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ράψω
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

steek up
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

söm upp
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

sy opp
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of stitch up

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «STITCH UP»

The term «stitch up» is regularly used and occupies the 79.800 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «STITCH UP» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «stitch up» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «stitch up» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about stitch up

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «STITCH UP»

Discover the use of stitch up in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to stitch up and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Subversive Cross Stitch: 33 Designs for Your Surly Side
Needlework is America's most popular craft, with about 38 million stitchers according to the Hobby Industry of America. Subversive Cross Stitch puts a 21st-century spin to this age-old art.
Julie Jackson, 2006
2
A Stitch in Time (Choc Lit):
Sarah Yates is a thirty something history teacher, divorced, disillusioned and desperate to have more excitement in her life.
Amanda James, 2013
3
Stitch Savvy: 25 Skill-Building Projects to Take Your Sewing ...
STITCH EDGES With the corners mitered, stitch down one long edge, catching the side hem, pivot at the lower corner, stitch across the lower hem, pivot again and stitch up the final long edge, taking care to begin and end below the stitches  ...
Deborah Moebes, 2012
4
Star Trek Cross-Stitch: Explore Strange New Worlds of Crafting
Stitch up and to the right and then around to the bottom of his face. Count over to the top of his thumb and stitch across and up to finish the light brown of his hand. Fill in the two small holes in Spock's hand with white (5200) stitching. Starting at ...
John Lohman, 2013
5
Cross Stitch Art Nouveau
Pin the embroidery and backing together, right sides facing, and sew with matching thread around the edges, leaving a small gap for turning through. 2 Turn through to the right side, stuff and stitch up the gap. Edge the pincushion with twisted ...
Barbara Hammet, 2008
6
Beautiful Embroidered & Embellished Knits
Insert the needle 2 stitches down, exiting 1 stitch up and to the left, catching the thread behind the needle as shown (3) Repeat from asterisk. With a new color top row on the right. Insert the needle into the same place 2 rows down, exiting 1  ...
Jane Davis, 2008
7
The Principles of Knitting
The best way to correct the situation is to rip all the rows down to the point where the stitch dropped off the needle, work the stitch up from the bottom of the ladder to the needle, and then reknit. Orphaned Stitch. A stitch dropped off, unnoticed.
June Hemmons Hiatt, 2012
8
YarnPlay at Home: Handknits for Colorful Living
of the fabric outside of the v stitch on the other piece of fabric, under both legs of the same stitch, up through the fabric on the other outside of that same stitch, then down through the right side of the first piece of fabric at the same point where ...
Lisa Shobhana Mason, 2007
9
Judith Baker Montano's Embroidery & Crazy Quilt Stitch Tool: ...
... ROSE BULLION ROSEBUD 34 BULLION STITCH 35 (mm) BUTTONHOLE STITCH 36 M BUTTONHOLE STITCH (clRcLE) BUTTONHOLE STITCH ( CLOSED) BUTTONHOLE STITCH (UP AND DOWN) BUTTONHOLE STITCH ( DETACHED) ...
Judith Baker Montano, 2008
10
YarnPlay: Colorful Techniques and Projects for the Creative ...
... fabric, under both legs of the same stitch, up through the fabric on the other outside of that same stitch, then down through the right side of the first piece of fabric at the same point where you brought the needle up for the first part of the stitch.
Lisa Shobhana Mason, 2006

4 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «STITCH UP»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term stitch up is used in the context of the following news items.
1
The Times Diary (TMS): Bleeding stitch up by editor, Irvine's tipping …
A 13-metre embroidered version of Magna Carta (or rather the Wikipedia entry for it) goes on display today at the British Library. More than 200 people stitched a ... «The Times, May 15»
2
The Young and the Restless Spoilers: Ashley and Stitch Hook Up
After getting belligerent at the club, Stitch heads to the lab to cry to Ashley about Victoria. Y&R spoilers tease that somehow Ashley trying to sober Stitch up, ... «Celebrity Dirty Laundry, Dec 14»
3
Strictly Come Dancing will 'stitch up' Ola warns axed star and …
Axed Strictly star James Jordan has taken a high kick at the BBC show, warning dancer wife Ola that bosses would “stitch her up” in the competition this year. «Mirror.co.uk, Jul 14»
4
The Young and the Restless Spoilers: Chelsea and Billy Become …
Billy has been campaigning for months now to break Victoria and Stitch up, but now after the passionate moment he shared with Chelsea, is he even going to ... «Celebrity Dirty Laundry, Jul 14»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Stitch up [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/stitch-up>. May 2024 ».
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