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Entry 7 senses · 5 variants Webster, 1913

Sew

/sō/ · IPA /soʊ/
01 n. Juice; gravy; a seasoned dish; a delicacy.
  1. 1.
    Juice; gravy; a seasoned dish; a delicacy.[Obs.]
    “I will not tell of their strange sewes.” — Chaucer.
02 v. t. To follow; to pursue; to sue.
  1. 1.
    To follow; to pursue; to sue.[Obs.]
03 v. t. To unite or fasten together by stitches, as with a needle and thread.
imp. Sewed; p. p. Sewed; p. pr. & vb. n. Sewing
  1. 1.
    To unite or fasten together by stitches, as with a needle and thread.
    “No man also seweth a piece of new cloth on an old garment.” — Mark ii. 21.
  2. 2.
    To close or stop by ssewing; -- often with up; as, to sew up a rip.
  3. 3.
    To inclose by sewing; -- sometimes with up; as, to sew money in a bag.
04 v. i. To practice sewing; to work with needle and thread.
  1. 1.
    To practice sewing; to work with needle and thread.
05 v. t. To drain, as a pond, for taking the fish.
  1. 1.
    To drain, as a pond, for taking the fish.[Obs.]