Sew vs Sewable - What's the difference?
sew | sewable |
To use a needle to pass thread repeatedly through (pieces of fabric) in order to join them together.
To use a needle to pass thread repeatedly through pieces of fabric in order to join them together.
To enclose by sewing.
As a verb sew
is to use a needle to pass thread repeatedly through (pieces of fabric) in order to join them together or sew can be (obsolete|transitive) to drain, as a pond, for taking the fish.As an adjective sewable is
capable of being sewed.sew
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) sewen, seowen, sowen, from (etyl) . Related to (l).Verb
- 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.
- to sew money into a bag