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Collocations for stitch - noun

1. in sewing

ADJECTIVE

decorative, embroidery
hand, machine
blanket, chain, cross, running, satin, seam, straight, zigzag, etc.

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VERB + stitch

do, put, sew
Can you do chain stitch?
Put a stitch in the corner of the pocket to keep it in place.
sew with, use
The edge was sewn with blanket stitch.
remove, take out

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2. in knitting

ADJECTIVE

garter, stocking, etc.

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VERB + stitch

cast off, cast on
drop, pick up

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3. in a wound

ADJECTIVE

dissolvable
butterfly

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VERB + stitch

need, require
He needed four stitches.
get, have, receive
I had to have five stitches when I cut my finger.
insert (BrE), put in
She had five stitches put in her cheek.
remove, take out
He has now had the stitches taken out.
get out, have out
When are you having your stitches out?

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stitch + VERB

dissolve

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PREPOSITION

stitch in
He had twenty stitches in a head wound.

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Collocations for stitch - verb

Stitch is used with these nouns as the object:
quilt, seam

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