1-Stop Dictionary Reference

Whipstitch

This word is acceptable for play in the US & UK dictionaries that are being used in the following games:

v. To sew with overcast stitches, as in finishing a fabric edge or binding two pieces of fabric together.

n. A stitch made in this manner.

n. A stitch that passes diagonally over an edge

v. To sew using such a stitch

n. A tailor; -- so called in contempt.

n. Anything hastily put or stitched together; hence, a hasty composition.

n. The act or process of whipstitching.

n. A small bit; esp., a small interval of time; an instant; a minute.

v. To rafter; to plow in ridges, as land.

v. To sew by passing the thread over and over; to overcast; whip.

To sew over and over: especially used in bookbinding. Compare whip, transitive verb, 4.

In agriculture, to half-plow or rafter.

n. In agriculture, a sort of half-plowing, otherwise called raftering.

n. A hasty composition.

n. Aparticle; the smallest piece.

n. A tailor: used in contempt.

n. a sewing stitch passing over an edge diagonally

"The raised "bead" formed by the buttonhole stitch gets worn and raggedy very quickly, and the whipstitch is the stitch to use for a strong eyelet."

whipstitching

Words that are more generic or abstract

embroidery stitch sewing stitch

in a whip-stitch

overcast overcasting

Words with the same meaning

tailor instant minute rafter overcast