stitch

Other forms of stitch

plural

stitches·

past tense

stitched·

present participle

stitching·

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 stitch

What does stitch mean?

stitch means "a link or loop or knot made by an implement in knitting, crocheting, embroidery, or sewing". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in stitch?

stitch has 1 syllable: stitch. In IPA it is /ˈstɪtʃ/.

What is another word for stitch?

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

stitch 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.