oversewn

1. 1.

   sewn together with overhand stitches (close vertical stitches that pass over and draw the two edges together)

   Synonymsoverhand

   Similarhandmade

Questions about oversewn

What does oversewn mean?

oversewn means "sewn together with overhand stitches (close vertical stitches that pass over and draw the two edges together)".

How many syllables are in oversewn?

oversewn has 3 syllables: o-ver-sewn. The stress falls on "o".

What is another word for oversewn?

Close synonyms include overhand. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is oversewn a common word?

oversewn is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.