stitch

• complete movement of a threaded needle through cloth or other material; single loop of yarn (knitting); particular method of sewing; sudden intense pain; bit, small amount; piece of clothing
sew, fasten with stitches
when you stitch pieces of material together, you join them using a needle and thread.
a stitch is one of the short pieces of thread that can be seen on a piece of material that has been stitched.
a stitch is also a piece of thread that has been used to stitch a wound.
if you have a stitch, you feel a sharp pain at the side of your stomach, usually after running fast or laughing a lot.
if you are in stitches, you cannot stop laughing; an informal expression.
if you stitch something together, you form it from a number of different parts, usually in a hurried or careless way.
when doctors stitch up an open wound, they join the skin together so that it will heal.