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3 N‑COUNT In knitting and crochet, a stitch is a loop made by one turn of wool around a knitting needle or crochet hook. □  Her mother counted the stitches on her knitting needles.

4 N‑UNCOUNT [usu n N ] If you sew or knit something in a particular stitch , you sew or knit in a way that produces a particular pattern. □  The design can be worked in cross stitch.

5 VERB When doctors stitch a wound, they use a special needle and thread to sew the skin together. □ [V n] Jill washed and stitched the wound. ● PHRASAL VERB Stitch up means the same as stitch . □ [V P n] Dr Armonson stitched up her wrist wounds. □ [V n P ] They've taken him off to hospital to stitch him up.

6 N‑COUNT A stitch is a piece of thread that has been used to sew the skin of a wound together. □  He had six stitches in a head wound.

7 N‑SING A stitch is a sharp pain in your side, usually caused by running or laughing a lot.

8 PHRASE If you are in stitches , you cannot stop laughing. [INFORMAL ] □  Here's a book that will have you in stitches.

▸  stitch up

1 PHRASAL VERB To stitch someone up means to trick them so that they are put in a difficult or unpleasant situation, especially one where they are blamed for something they have not done. [BRIT , INFORMAL ] □ [V n P ] He claimed that a police officer had threatened to stitch him up and send him to prison. [Also V P n]

2 PHRASAL VERB To stitch up an agreement, especially a complicated agreement between several people, means to arrange it. [mainly BRIT , INFORMAL ] □ [V P n] Shiraz has stitched up major deals all over the world to boost sales.

3 → see stitch 5

stitch|ing /st I tʃ I ŋ/ N‑UNCOUNT Stitching is a row of stitches that have been sewn in a piece of cloth. □  The stitching had begun to fray at the edges.

sti tch-up (stitch-ups ) also stitch up N‑COUNT [usu sing] If you describe a situation as a stitch-up , you mean that it has been arranged in a way that makes it unfair. [BRIT , INFORMAL ] □  My view is that this is a stitch up.

stoat /stoʊ t/ (stoats ) N‑COUNT A stoat is a small, thin, wild animal that has brown fur. Some stoats that live in northern Europe have fur that turns white in winter.

stock ◆◆◇ /stɒ k/ (stocks , stocking , stocked )

1 N‑COUNT [usu pl] Stocks are shares in the ownership of a company, or investments on which a fixed amount of interest will be paid. [BUSINESS ] □  …the buying and selling of stocks and shares.

2 N‑UNCOUNT [usu poss N ] A company's stock is the amount of money which the company has through selling shares. [BUSINESS ] □  The stock was valued in the market at $460 million.

3 VERB [no cont] If a shop stocks particular goods, it keeps a supply of them to sell. □ [V n] The shop stocks everything from chocolate to recycled loo paper.

4 N‑UNCOUNT A shop's stock is the total amount of goods which it has available to sell. □  We took the decision to withdraw a quantity of stock from sale.

5 VERB If you stock something such as a cupboard, shelf, or room, you fill it with food or other things. □ [V n] I worked stocking shelves in a grocery store. □ [V n + with ] Some families stocked their cellars with food and water. □ [be V -ed] The kitchen cupboard was stocked with tins of soup. ● PHRASAL VERB Stock up means the same as stock . □ [V n P + with ] I had to stock the boat up with food. □ [V P n + with ] You can stock up the freezer with ice cream ready for the next sunny day [Also V n P ]

6 N‑COUNT If you have a stock of things, you have a supply of them stored in a place ready to be used. □  Stocks of ammunition were running low.