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Definition: Stitcher |
StitcherNoun1. A garmentmaker who performs the finishing steps. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "stitcher" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1900. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Industry | A machine for fastening together sheets of paper or the like. Source: European Union. (references) |
Metallurgy | Stapling device used in coil coating to connect the end of one coil to the beginning of another one. Source: European Union. (references) |
Occupations | Operates single, double, or multiple-needle stitching machine to join or decorate shoe parts, or to reinforce edges: Selects spool of thread or prewound bobbin, places spool or bobbin on spindle or looper, and draws thread through guides and needles. Aligns parts and presses knee control or pedal to raise presser foot or roller. Positions parts under needle and lowers presser foot or roller. Presses foot or knee control to start machine and guides parts under needle, following seams, edges, or markings, or moves edges of part against guide. Cuts excess thread or material from shoe parts, using scissors or knife. When operating double or multiple-needle machine, may turn setscrew on needle bar and position one or more needles as specified. May be designated according to shoe parts stitched as Back-Seam Stitcher (boot & shoe); Box-Toe Stitcher (boot & shoe). May be designated according to machine operated as Flatbed Stitcher (boot & shoe); Zig-Zag Stitcher (boot & shoe). May be designated according to number of needles in machine operated as Double-Needle Stitcher (boot & shoe); Multiple-Needle Stitcher (boot & shoe); Single-Needle Stitcher (boot & shoe). May be designated: Backstay Stitcher (boot & shoe); Barrer And Tacker (boot & shoe); Binding Stitcher (boot & shoe); Buckle Sewer, Machine (boot & shoe); California Seamer (boot & shoe); Counter-Pocket Sewer (boot & shoe); Cover Maker (boot & shoe); Cut-Out Stitcher (boot & shoe); Edge Stitcher (boot & shoe); Fancy Stitcher (boot & shoe); Flare Stitcher (boot & shoe); Gore Inserter (boot & shoe); Insole Tape Stitcher, UCO (boot & shoe); Label Stitcher (boot & shoe); Lining Closer (boot & shoe); Lining Stitcher (boot & shoe); Lining-Strap Closer (boot & shoe); Lining Vamper (boot & shoe); Neverslip Stitcher (boot & shoe); Postbed Stitcher (boot & shoe); Quarter-Lining Stitcher (boot & shoe); Rand Sewer (boot & shoe); Saddle Stitcher (boot & shoe); Saddle-Lining Stitcher (boot & shoe); Seam-Stay Stitcher (boot & shoe); Shank Stitcher (boot & shoe); Sock-Lining Stitcher (boot & shoe); Stitcher, Utility (boot & shoe); Strap Stitcher (boot & shoe); Tape Stitcher (boot & shoe); Tip Stitcher (boot & shoe); Toe-Lining Closer (boot & shoe); Tongue And Quarter Stitcher (boot & shoe); Tongue-Lining Stitcher (boot & shoe); Tongue Stitcher (boot & shoe); Top Stitcher (boot & shoe); Underlay Stitcher (boot & shoe); Upper Stitcher (boot & shoe); Vamp Stitcher (boot & shoe); Welting Stitcher, Front (boot & shoe); Wrapper Stitcher (boot & shoe). (references) |
| Tends one or more automatic, multiple-needle sewing machines that quilt layers of material used to make articles, such as work gloves, quilts, or padding: Places supply packages on thread holders and draws ends through guides, tensions, and needle eyes, using tweezers. Inserts bobbins in shuttle and draws thread through guides and looper eyes. Pulls boxes of flatfolded material into feeding position or mounts rolls of material onto machine with aid of another worker, using chain hoist or electric lift truck. Threads ends of material under yardage counter and needles, and laps end around takeup rod. Starts machine and observes material sewn to detect broken threads, uneven edges or wrinkles, and defective stitching or stitch design. Rethreads needles, straightens edges of material layers, and regulates tension on material or thread, or notifies maintenance department to adjust machine or alter setup. Cuts material when specified yardage has been quilted, using hand shears or electric knife, and doffs roll. Replaces defective or broken needles. Feels needles to detect rough places and smooths rough area, using sandpaper. May unroll bolts of material onto machine table in specified order of layers and draw ends between feeder rollers. (references) | |
| Operates stitching machine to perform specific function, such as to reinforce shoe parts or attach buckles: Places specified spool of thread or prewound bobbin on spindle or in shuttle and draws thread through guides, slots, and needles. Aligns parts to be stitched, following seams, edges, or markings. Positions parts under needle and depresses pedal to start machine. Cuts excess threads, using scissors or knife. May guide parts past machine head during stitching cycle. May be designated according to type of stitch used or part stitched as Lockstitcher (boot & shoe); Platform Stitcher (boot & shoe); Plug Stitcher (boot & shoe); Rapid-Outsole Stitcher (boot & shoe); Sole Stitcher (boot & shoe). Important variables may be indicated by trade names of machines used. (references) | |
| Operates machine to embroider decorative design on fabric: Positions and tacks pattern sheet onto pantograph drawing board. Pulls levers to engage needle and shuttle rails against cloth and to regulate stitching speed. Depresses pedal to start machine and guides pantograph pointer over pattern. Removes embroidered cloth from machine. Inserts thread, needles, cloth, and backing into embroidery machine frame and applies protective and stiffening solutions to cloth, using brush. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Crosswords: Stitcher |
| Specialty definitions using "stitcher": BINDERY WORKER, BROOM STITCHER, BUTTONHOLE MAKER ♦ COLLATING-MACHINE OPERATOR ♦ DEMONSTRATOR, SEWING TECHNIQUES ♦ hose builder, HOSE MAKER ♦ set-making-machine operator ♦ TINNING-MACHINE SET-UP OPERATOR, TIRE BUILDER, AUTOMOBILE, TIRE REPAIRER. (references) |
| "Stitcher" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Stitcher" is used about 4 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 4 | 175,879 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
stitcher | 34 | panorama stitcher | 4 |
cross stitcher | 22 | interlake stitcher | 3 |
realviz stitcher | 17 | stitcher visual | 3 |
cross stitcher magazine | 11 | martini muller stitcher | 3 |
crafty stitcher | 9 | mccain stitcher | 3 |
speedy stitcher | 7 | wire stitcher | 3 |
saddle stitcher | 6 | ideal stitcher | 3 |
city stitcher | 5 | statler stitcher | 3 |
photo stitcher | 4 | ez realviz stitcher | 3 |
download realviz stitcher | 4 | handy stitcher | 3 |
cross husqvarna stitcher | 2 | ||
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "stitcher"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | rrobaqepës (cabbage, clothier, fashioner, modiste, needle, Sartor, seamstress, snipper, tailor), makinë qepëse (sewing machine). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 缝合物. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | sammenhaeftningsmaskine, haandvalse (hand roller), haandrulle (hand roller), hæftemaskine (stapler, stitching machine). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | nietmachine, naaimachine (sewing-machine), hechtmachine (linker, looper, looping machine), gladde rol (hand roller). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | käsitela (hand roller). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | roulette lisse, piqueur, machine brocher, couturier, brocheuse (stapler, stitching machine), agrafeuse (stapler). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Heftmaschine (stapler), Handrolle (hand roller), Drahtheftmaschine (stapler, stitching machine). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | κύλινδρος χειροκίνητου πιεστηρίου (hand roller), ράπτων (sewer), συρραπτικό, συρραπτική μηχανή. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | fûzõgép (stapler). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | macchina da cucire fogli (stapler, stitching machine), graffatrice, dispositivo di graffatura, cucitrice (needlewoman, seamstress, stapler). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | greimmeyder (biter, fixative, grab, grabber, grasper, holder, mordant, snapper, sticker). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | itcherstay máquina de pontear. (various references) строчильная машина, брошюровщик. (various references) krojač (dressmaker, fitter, sartor, tailor). (various references) rodillo para ruletear (hand roller), moleta, máquina grapadora, encuadernadora (stapler, stitching machine), empalmadora. (various references) stickare (hand roller), handvals (hand roller), handrulle (hand roller). (various references) thợ may máy khâu. (various references) pwythwr, gwniadyddes (seamstress), gwniadwraig (seamstress). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "stitcher": stitcheries, stitchers, stitchery. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "stitcher": hemstitcher. (additional references) | |
Words containing "stitcher": hemstitchers. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "stitcher" (pronounced 'Stitch"er'): Abaser, Abater, Abider, Abjurer, Abridger, Absconder, Absenter, Absolver, Absorber, Abstainer, Abstracter, Abuser, Acceder, Accepter, Acclaimer, Accorder, Accruer, Accuser, Achiever, Acquirer, Adherer, Adjudger, Adjurer, Adjuster, Admirer, Adopter, Adorer, Adorner, Advertiser, Adviser, Advoyer, Affecter, Affirmer, Afflicter, Affrayer, Affreighter, Affrighter, Affronter, Aflicker, Agreer, Aider, Aimer, Airer, Aliner, Allayer, Alleger, Allower, Allurer, Altogether, Amasser. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: chitters, restitch. | |
| Words within the letters "c-e-h-i-r-s-t-t" | |
-1 letter: chitter, cithers, hitters, richest, stretch, tithers, trisect. | |
-2 letters: cherts, citers, cither, ethics, hitter, itches, riches, sitter, steric, stitch, strict, theirs, theist, thetic, thirst, thrice, titers, tither, tithes, titres, trices, triste. | |
-3 letters: cesti, chert, chest, chits, cires, citer, cites, crest, cries, ethic, heirs, heist, hires, ither, recti, retch, rices, rites, shier, shire, shirt, stich. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-e-h-i-r-s-t-t" | |
+1 letter: chertiest, stitchers, stitchery, theatrics, torchiest, trichites, twitchers. | |
+2 letters: architects, hysteretic, prosthetic, restitched, restitches, rheostatic, starchiest, stretchier, stretching, tracheitis. | |
+3 letters: anthracites, arithmetics, ciphertexts, erythristic, haircutters, hectoliters, hematocrits, hemstitcher, hyperstatic, paresthetic, prosthetics, restitching, scratchiest, stitcheries, stretchiest, tetrarchies, theatricals, tritheistic. | |
+4 letters: antihysteric, catachrestic, catheterizes, chitterlings, hemstitchers, heteroclites, hyperostotic, pyrotechnist, theocentrism, therapeutics, thermostatic, tracheitises, trichotomies, wristwatches. | |
+5 letters: antihysterics, architectures, crotchetiness, cytochemistry, ethnocentrism, ethnohistoric, featherstitch, historicities, horticultures, hyperesthetic, matriarchates, nonarchitects, orchestrating, orchestration, outstretching, parasynthetic, patriarchates, preanesthetic, protectorship, pyrotechnists, rhythmicities, spectatorship, stoichiometry, straightlaced, stratospheric, theatricalism, theocentrisms, theoreticians, thermochemist, thermoplastic, thoracotomies, tracheotomies, trichopterans, trisoctahedra, tritheistical. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage Frequency 4. Expressions: Internet | 5. Translations: Modern 6. Derivations 7. Rhymes 8. Anagrams | 9. Bibliography |
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