Смысл: hemstitches

hemstitch1. [ʹhem͵stıtʃ] n
<Í> 1) подрубочный шов, декоративный шов; мережка; ажурная строчка
2) гладь (вышивальный шов)

2. [ʹhemstıtʃ] v
<Í> мережить, вышивать мережкой; делать ажурную строчку
to hemstitch a towel - делать мережку на полотенце

keep in stitches Идиома

in stitches

laughing They were in stitches over their teacher

keep sb in stitches

Idiom(s): keep sb in stitches

Theme: LAUGHTER

to cause someone to laugh loud and hard, over and over. (Informal. Also with have.)
• The comedian kept us in stitches for nearly an hour.
• The teacher kept the class in stitches, but the students didn't learn anything.
• She had us in stitches for ten minutes.

in stitches|stitches

adj. phr., informal Laughing so hard that the sides ache; in a fit of laughing hard. The comedian was so funny that he had everyone who was watching him in stitches.

keep (one) in stitches

To abide to accomplish one beam absurdly or uproariously. The actor banana kept the admirers in stitches from alpha to end. My acquaintance Michael consistently gets into the wackiest adventures, and his belief never abort to accumulate me in stitches.Learn more: keep, stitch

keep someone in stitches

Fig. to account addition to beam loud and hard, for a aeon of time. The actor kept us in stitches for about an hour. The abecedary kept the chic in stitches, but the acceptance didn't apprentice anything.Learn more: keep, stitch

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