OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 11472

stitch

/stɪt͡ʃ/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
puntada • punto
A single pass of a needle in sewing; the loop or turn of the thread thus made.
dolor en el costado • punzada
An intense stabbing pain under the lower edge of the ribcage, brought on by exercise or laughing.
After about fifteen minutes I got terrible stitch.
I've got a stitch. I'm going to have to stop and rest.
punzada
A local sharp pain (anywhere); an acute pain, like the piercing of a needle.
Violent continuous stitch in the region of the heart, the stitches multiplied when arresting the breathing. […] Feeling of heaviness in the muscles of the neck; he is obliged to be…
a stitch in the side
punto
A single turn of the thread round a needle in knitting; a link, or loop, of yarn
drop a stitch
take up a stitch
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