| Английский > Русский |
| sew |
| 1. шить; зашивать, пришивать |
| 2. (полигр.;) брошюровать |
| 3. (обл.;lang=en) спускать (воду) |
| 4. (обл.;lang=en) вытекать |
| Английский > Английский |
| sew |
| 1. v. To use a needle to pass thread repeatedly through (pieces of fabric) in order to join them together. |
| 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. |
| 2. v. (intransitive) To use a needle to pass thread repeatedly through pieces of fabric in order to join them together. |
| 3. v. To enclose by sewing. |
| to sew money into a bag |
| 4. v. (obsolete, transitive) To drain the water from. |
| 5. v. (nautical) Of a ship, to be grounded. |
| Русский > Английский |
| шить |
| 1. v. to sew |
| шить на маши́нке — to sew on a machine |
| 2. v. to be occupied with sewing, to tailor |
| Чем она занимается? Она шьёт. — What is she? She’s a dressmaker. |
| 3. v. to order (e.g., a dress) |
| хочу сшить себе костюм у Левинсона — I want to order a suit from Levinson’s |
| 4. v. to embroider |
| шить зо́лотом — embroider in gold |
| шито бе́лыми ни́тками (saying) — (literally) embroidered in white thread (meaning transparent to anyone) |
| шить де́ло (colloquial) — to cook up charges (literally: to embroider the case) |
| (он) не лы́ком шит (saying) — (he) was not born yesterday (literally, (he) was not embroidered in bast) |
| 5. v. to nail planking |
| шить плот — to make a raft |