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| 1. v. To use a needle to pass thread repeatedly through (pieces of fabric) in order to join them together. |  |
| Balls were first made of grass or leaves held together by strings, and later of pieces of animal skin sewn together and stuffed with feathers or hay. | |
| 2. v. (intransitive) To use a needle to pass thread repeatedly through pieces of fabric in order to join them together. | |
| 3. v. To enclose by sewing. | |
| to sew money into a bag | |
| 4. v. (obsolete, transitive) To drain the water from. | |
| 5. v. (nautical) Of a ship, to be grounded. | |
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