how to pronounce sew

/səʊ/

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sew is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of sew in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… the stubble and sew it with a load of …”

meanings of sew

verb:

To use a needle to pass thread repeatedly through pieces of fabric in order to join them together.
To drain the water from.
To use a needle to pass thread repeatedly through (pieces of fabric) in order to join them together.
Followed by into: to enclose by sewing.
Of a ship, to be grounded.

sew frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR

the word sew occurs in english on average 2.1 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics sew can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that sew can be often used in the following areas:

1) business and work;

2) leisure and entertainment;