The Russian word for to sew is
шить
shit'Russian Definition
sew | |
1. шить; зашивать, пришивать | |
2. (полигр.;) брошюровать | |
3. (обл.;lang=en) спускать (воду) | |
4. (обл.;lang=en) вытекать |
Translations for sew and their definitions
шить | © | ||
1. v. to sew | |||
шить на маши́нке — to sew on a machine | |||
2. v. to be occupied with sewing, to tailor | |||
Чем она занимается? Она шьёт. — What is she? She’s a dressmaker. | |||
3. v. to order (e.g., a dress) | |||
хочу сшить себе костюм у Левинсона — I want to order a suit from Levinson’s | |||
4. v. to embroider | |||
шить зо́лотом — embroider in gold | |||
шито бе́лыми ни́тками (saying) — (literally) embroidered in white thread (meaning transparent to anyone) | |||
шить де́ло (colloquial) — to cook up charges (literally: to embroider the case) | |||
(он) не лы́ком шит (saying) — (he) was not born yesterday (literally, (he) was not embroidered in bast) | |||
5. v. to nail planking | |||
шить плот — to make a raft |
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