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noun

as in sewing

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verb

present participle of suture
as in stitching
to close up with a series of interlacing stitches the doctor cleaned, sutured, and bandaged the wound

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Recent Examples of suturing
Noun
Liu’s Met commission, with its disembodied hands, its severing and suturing of the organic and the mechanical, may be a metaphor for a civilization detached from its foundations and coming to its end. — Lavender Au, ARTnews.com, 21 Sep. 2026
Verb
The first surgeries—suturing vaginal lacerations post-delivery—were reported in 1050 AD. — Valerie Monroe, Allure, 21 Sep. 2026 The company says the system would be able to perform hemorrhage control, wound repair, chest decompression, shrapnel extraction, and field suturing, stabilizing the patient until evacuation can be carried out. — Abhishek Bhardwaj, Interesting Engineering, 9 Apr. 2026 The issue was surrounding his leg amputation surgery, a procedure that involves stretching the muscles and suturing them to provide the bone with padding. — Jacob Louraine, Kansas City Star, 6 Mar. 2026 Treatment typically starts with clipping the fur around the injury, cleaning the area and, if needed, suturing the skin. — Miriam Fauzia, Dallas Morning News, 21 Jan. 2026 Researchers compared the performance of the autonomous bot and a human surgeon on the same suturing task and found that the bot's stitches were more uniform and made a tighter seal. — IEEE Spectrum, 31 May 2016
Recent Examples of Synonyms for suturing
  1. sewing
  2. stitching
  3. repair
  4. repairing
  5. healing
  6. closing
  7. sealing
  8. knitting
Noun
  • After his best friend died of AIDS, activist Cleve Jones channeled his grief into a sewing project that became the AIDS Memorial Quilt.
    — René Ostberg, Encyclopedia Britannica, 2 Oct. 2026
  • Helen admired pheasants and kept their long, rusty feathers in her sewing room.
    — Tom Drury, Harpers Magazine, 29 Sep. 2026
Definition of sewing
Verb
  • He’s made elegant additions, too, such as stitching in a lovely fairy tale that Ionesco wrote for his daughter and staging it with a whimsical storm of soap bubbles.
    — Emily Nussbaum, New Yorker, 24 Sep. 2026
  • The hand-crocheted The Sak Bryn Slip-on Clogs come in a rich mahogany hue, or a playful peach shade with fall-friendly contrast stitching.
    — Sophie Dodd, Travel + Leisure, 20 Sep. 2026
Definition of stitching
Noun
  • Think of it as a delivery service that carries copper where the skin can use it to support repair, collagen production, and antioxidant activity.
    — Mickey Williams, Flow Space, 9 Oct. 2026
  • Her friends covered the repair costs, knowing the family could not afford it.
    — Catherine Ellis, Miami Herald, 9 Oct. 2026
Definition of repair
Verb
  • There’s also the question of repairing equipment, which is much more difficult in space.
    — Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 10 Oct. 2026
  • This may include repairing or repositioning a sprinkler, changing the irrigation schedule, removing standing water, posting warning signs, or temporarily restricting access to an affected area.
    — Christyne D. Santisteban, Miami Herald, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of repairing
Noun
  • Still, people of all ages should continue to be offered education and safe spaces for healing, Layden said.
    — Kate Perez, Chicago Tribune, 9 Oct. 2026
  • During the run of the exhibition, Maravilla will activate the commission via weekly sound baths, an essential component of his practice, which looks at the intersections between art and healing.
    — Maximilíano Durón, ARTnews.com, 9 Oct. 2026
Definition of healing
Noun
  • Chief Justice John Roberts gave the Federal Communications Commission a temporary win on Thursday in its legal battle over who is entitled to favorable advertising rates in the closing weeks of the costly and hotly contested midterm elections.
    — Jack Birle, The Washington Examiner, 9 Oct. 2026
  • The closing look circled back to the same idea, but this time the same model carried the bag with a black skirt suit, the most undiluted iteration of Chanel.
    — José Criales-Unzueta, Vanity Fair, 9 Oct. 2026
Definition of closing
Noun
  • The Cowboys still had all three timeouts, affording them an opportunity to get the ball back one last time, but Bucs running back Bucky Irving scampered for the game-sealing first down two plays later.
    — Ryan Canfield OutKick, FOXNews.com, 9 Oct. 2026
  • Banks’ game-sealing interception was a bit of fun deja vu for Giants fans, who saw safety Jevon Holland intercept Titans quarterback Cam Ward in the final seconds to seal New York’s Week 3 win.
    — Doug Haller, New York Times, 4 Oct. 2026
Definition of sealing
Noun
  • Instead of spreading yarn spinning, knitting, and dyeing across different locations, the Guatemalan plant brings the entire process together in one place.
    — Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 2 Oct. 2026
  • This arm-knitting technique is especially appealing for beginners, and the resulting oversized texture will look warm and welcoming draped over a sofa or chair.
    — Jamie Cuccinelli, Martha Stewart, 27 Sep. 2026
Definition of knitting

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