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# sewn

«sewn» in Mova's school dictionary: **Joined or fixed with a needle and thread: My name is sewn…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

verb, past participle of sew (sew, sews, sewed, sewn/sewed, sewing)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Joined or fixed with a needle and thread: My name is sewn into my coat. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sewn/#m1)

2) «Sewn up» (informal) means settled or certain to be won: The match is sewn up. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sewn/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life and design-technology lessons, buttons and patches are sewn on. In sport talk, a game is sewn up when the win is sure. Phrases: sewn on, sewn up, hand-sewn.

### examples

- Mum has sewn a badge on my jumper. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sewn/#x1)
- My name tag is sewn inside my coat. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sewn/#x2)
- The bag was hand-sewn. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sewn/#x3)
- The cut was sewn up by the doctor with stitches. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sewn/#x4)
- With two goals, the game was sewn up. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sewn/#x5)
- Have you sewn the button back on? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sewn/#x6)
- “Yes, it fits very well,” said he, “and you have sewn it very neatly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sewn/#x7)

### note

Homophone trap: «sewn» (with needle) sounds like «sown» (seeds planted). «Sew» sounds like «so» and «sow». Past: sewed; past participle: sewn or sewed.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «sewn» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sewn/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.