resew


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resew

(riːˈsəʊ)
vb (tr)
(Knitting & Sewing) to sew again
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014
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Verb1.resew - sew again; "The cuff of the coat had been resewn"
sew, sew together, stitch, run up - fasten by sewing; do needlework
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I changed my technical staff, my production people, every one [in] our factories has to come to my design studio to work with us for several weeks to learn how to resew, they have to change the factory line to figure out how to manufacture things.
In his heavy Gallic accent, he said: "I go to a sports store, grab the cheapest shoes then I destroy them and reglue and resew them the way that I need.
They don't have enough yellow stars for all their clothes, so they must laboriously sew and resew stars to each blouse or dress in warm weather (in the winter, they can simply leave a star on their coats).
Muriel Smith is also a dab hand with needle and thread to resew reformatted parts back together.
Many times the tailors had to take back their work and resew it, and arguments broke out among them as to who was at fault.