stitch
noun
[ stɪtʃ ]
• a loop of thread or yarn resulting from a single pass or movement of the needle in sewing, knitting, or crocheting.
• a sudden sharp pain in the side of the body, caused by strenuous exercise.
• "he was panting and had a stitch"
Similar:
sharp pain,
stabbing pain,
shooting pain,
stab of pain,
pang,
twinge,
spasm,
stitch
verb
• make, mend, or join (something) with stitches.
• "stitch a plain seam with right sides together"
Origin:
Old English stice ‘a puncture, stabbing pain’, of Germanic origin; related to German Stich ‘a sting, prick’, also to stick2. The sense ‘loop’ (in sewing etc.) arose in Middle English.
