English Online Dictionary. What means sewing? What does sewing mean?
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈsəʊɪŋ/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈsoʊɪŋ/
- Rhymes: -əʊɪŋ
- Homophone: sowing
Etymology 1
From sew + -ing.
Verb
sewing
- present participle and gerund of sew
Etymology 2
From Middle English sewinge, seuinge, seuwinge (“sewing”), equivalent to sew + -ing.
Noun
sewing (countable and uncountable, plural sewings)
- The action of the verb to sew.
- Something that is being or has been sewn.
Derived terms
Translations
Anagrams
- swinge, Winges, Wigens, Wenigs, winges