Stitch definition

A single pass of a needle in sewing; the loop or turn of the thread thus made.
An arrangement of stitches in sewing, or method of stitching in some particular way or style.

cross stitch

herringbone stitch
An intense stabbing pain under the lower edge of the ribcage, caused by internal organs pulling downwards on the diaphragm during exercise.
A single turn of the thread round a needle in knitting; a link, or loop, of yarn

drop a stitch

take up a stitch
An arrangement of stitches in knitting, or method of knitting in some particular way or style.
A space of work taken up, or gone over, in a single pass of the needle.
Hence, by extension, any space passed over; distance.

You have gone a good stitch. — John Bunyan.

In Syria the husbandmen go lightly over with their plow, and take no deep stitch in making their furrows. — Holland.
A local sharp pain; an acute pain, like the piercing of a needle.

a stitch in the side
- Gilbert Burnet
  
  He was taken with a cold and with stitches, which was, indeed, a pleurisy.
A contortion, or twist.
- Marston
  
  If you talk, Or pull your face into a stitch again, I shall be angry.
Any least part of a fabric or dress.

to wet every stitch of clothes.

She didn't have a stitch on
A furrow. (Chapman)

To form stitches in; especially, to sew in such a manner as to show on the surface a continuous line of stitches.

to stitch a shirt bosom.
To sew, or unite by stitches.

to stitch printed sheets in making a book or a pamphlet.
To form land into ridges.
To practice/practise stitching or needlework.