sew

Other forms of sew

past tense or participle

sewn

present participle

sewing·

third person

sews·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about sew

What does sew mean?

sew means "fasten by sewing; do needlework". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in sew?

sew has 1 syllable: sew. In IPA it is /ˈsoʊ/.

What is another word for sew?

Close synonyms include run up, sew together, stitch, tailor, tailor-make. 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 sew a common word?

sew is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with sew?

7 words rhyme with sew. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.