stitchstitchstitches1noun (pluralstitches)1a small line or circle of thread that joins or decorates cloth2a circle of wool that you put round a needle when you are knitting (= making clothes from wool)3a short piece of special thread that doctors use to sew the edges of a cut together: The cut needed eight stitches.stitchstitchstitchesstitchedstitching2verb (stitches, stitching, stitched)to sew something: I stitched a button on my skirt.