to sew up a tear

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• tear — [n1] rip, cut breach, break, crack, damage, fissure, gash, hole, imperfection, laceration, mutilation, rent, run, rupture, scratch, split, tatter; concept 513 Ant. perfection tear / tears [n2] droplets from eyes, often caused by emotion… …   New thesaurus

• sew — [v] prepare fabric for clothing, covering baste, bind, embroider, fasten, piece, seam, stitch, tack, tailor, work; concept 218 Ant. rip, tear …   New thesaurus

• sew up — transitive verb 1. Britain : to wear out : fatigue reclining hopelessly on a settee, already dazed, sewn up, exhausted, and knocked out Herbert Read 2. a. : to secure or assure exclusive control of (as a business proposition or arrangement)… …   Useful english dictionary

• sew —   Humuhumu.   Also: hono, ku i, holoholo, ōmau; pāhono (as a tear); holo (as a break in a gourd); kāholo (with long stitches).    ♦ To sew sails, humu pe a, uhauhumu (rare).    ♦ To sew in a diagonal line, humu lala …   English-Hawaiian dictionary

• sew — verb ADVERB ▪ neatly ▪ The squares of fabric were all sewn neatly together. ▪ together, up ▪ He sewed up the tear with a needle and thread. ▪ bac …   Collocations dictionary

• sew something up — 1 the tear was sewn up: DARN, mend, repair, patch. 2 (informal) the company sewed up a deal with IBM: SECURE, clinch, pull off, bring off …   Useful english dictionary

• sew up — 1) the tear was sewn up Syn: darn, mend, repair, patch 2) informal the company sewed up a deal with IBM Syn: secure, clinch, pull off, bring off, settle, conclude, complete, finali …   Thesaurus of popular words

• Meggan — Panel from Uncanny X Men #463 Art by Alan Davis Publication information Publisher Marvel Comics …   Wikipedia

• mend the rift — sew the tear, patch together the torn parts …   English contemporary dictionary

• button — n. fastener 1) to sew on a button 2) to lose; rip off, tear off a button 3) a button comes off (my button came off) push button 4) to press, push a button 5) a panic (colloq.); push button badge 6) a campaign button * * * [ bʌtn] push a button… …   Combinatory dictionary

• Machine embroidery — is a term that can be used to describe two different actions. The first is using a sewing machine to manually create (either freehand or with built in stitches) a design on a piece of fabric or other similar item. The second is to use a specially …   Wikipedia