Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Sew \Sew\, v. t. [imp. {Sewed}; p. p. {Sewed}, rarely {Sewn}; p.
   pr. & vb. n. {Sewing}.] [OE. sewen, sowen, AS. si['o]wian,
   s[=i]wian; akin to OHG. siuwan, Icel. s?ja, Sw. sy, Dan. sye,
   Goth. siujan, Lith. siuti, Russ, shite, L. ssuere, Gr. ????,
   Skr. siv. [root]156. Cf. {Seam} a suture, {Suture}.]
   1. To unite or fasten together by stitches, as with a needle
      and thread.

            No man also seweth a piece of new cloth on an old
            garment.                              --Mark ii. 21.

   2. To close or stop by ssewing; -- often with up; as, to sew
      up a rip.

   3. To inclose by sewing; -- sometimes with up; as, to sew
      money in a bag.

Sewing \Sew"ing\, n.
   1. The act or occupation of one who sews.

   2. That which is sewed with the needle.

   {Sewing horse} (Harness making), a clamp, operated by the
      foot, for holding pieces of leather while being sewed.

   {Sewing machine}, a machine for sewing or stitching.

   {Sewing press}, or {Sewing table} (Bookbinding), a fixture or
      table having a frame in which are held the cords to which
      the back edges of folded sheets are sewed to form a book.

Source : WordNet®

sewing
     n 1: joining or attaching by stitches [syn: {stitching}]
     2: needlework that involves sewing; "she put her sewing back in
        the basket" [syn: {stitchery}]