{
    "term": "sew",
    "partOfSpeech": "verb",
    "verbForms": {
        "presentSimple": {
            "iYouWeThey": "sew",
            "heSheIt": "sews"
        },
        "pastSimple": "sewed",
        "pastParticiple": "sewed",
        "ingForm": "sewing"
    },
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "to use a needle and thread to make stitches in cloth",
            "sensetop": "sew something",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "My mother taught me how to sew."
                },
                {
                    "text": "to sew by hand/machine"
                },
                {
                    "text": "to sew a seam",
                    "contextForm": "sew something"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Hobbies"],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["neatly", "together", "up"],
                "preposition": ["into", "onto"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "to make, repair or attach something using a needle and thread",
            "sensetop": "sew somethingsew something onsew something + adv./prep.",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "She sews all her own clothes.",
                    "contextForm": "sew something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Can you sew a button on for me?",
                    "contextForm": "sew something on"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Surgeons were able to sew the finger back on."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The jewel was sewn into the lining of his coat.",
                    "contextForm": "sew something + adv./prep."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The squares of fabric were all sewn neatly together."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He sewed the patch onto the back of his jeans."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["neatly", "together", "up"],
                "preposition": ["into", "onto"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/səʊ/",
                "audio": "se/sew/sew__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/səʊz/",
                "audio": "se/sew/sews__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/səʊd/",
                "audio": "se/sew/sewed__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/səʊn/",
                "audio": "se/sew/sewn__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈsəʊɪŋ/",
                "audio": "se/sew/sewing__gb_2.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/səʊ/",
                "audio": "se/sew/sew__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/səʊz/",
                "audio": "se/sew/sews__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/səʊd/",
                "audio": "se/sew/sewed__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/səʊn/",
                "audio": "se/sew/sewn__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈsəʊɪŋ/",
                "audio": "se/sew/sewing__us_2.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Old English siwan, of Germanic origin, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin suere and Greek suein."
}