machine-stitch

vb (tr)

(Knitting & Sewing) to stitch with a sewing machine

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

machine-stitch

Past participle: machine-stitched
Gerund: machine-stitching

Imperative
machine-stitch
machine-stitch

Present
I machine-stitch
you machine-stitch
he/she/it machine-stitches
we machine-stitch
you machine-stitch
they machine-stitch

Preterite
I machine-stitched
you machine-stitched
he/she/it machine-stitched
we machine-stitched
you machine-stitched
they machine-stitched

Present Continuous
I am machine-stitching
you are machine-stitching
he/she/it is machine-stitching
we are machine-stitching
you are machine-stitching
they are machine-stitching

Present Perfect
I have machine-stitched
you have machine-stitched
he/she/it has machine-stitched
we have machine-stitched
you have machine-stitched
they have machine-stitched

Past Continuous
I was machine-stitching
you were machine-stitching
he/she/it was machine-stitching
we were machine-stitching
you were machine-stitching
they were machine-stitching

Past Perfect
I had machine-stitched
you had machine-stitched
he/she/it had machine-stitched
we had machine-stitched
you had machine-stitched
they had machine-stitched

Future
I will machine-stitch
you will machine-stitch
he/she/it will machine-stitch
we will machine-stitch
you will machine-stitch
they will machine-stitch

Future Perfect
I will have machine-stitched
you will have machine-stitched
he/she/it will have machine-stitched
we will have machine-stitched
you will have machine-stitched
they will have machine-stitched

Future Continuous
I will be machine-stitching
you will be machine-stitching
he/she/it will be machine-stitching
we will be machine-stitching
you will be machine-stitching
they will be machine-stitching

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been machine-stitching
you have been machine-stitching
he/she/it has been machine-stitching
we have been machine-stitching
you have been machine-stitching
they have been machine-stitching

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been machine-stitching
you will have been machine-stitching
he/she/it will have been machine-stitching
we will have been machine-stitching
you will have been machine-stitching
they will have been machine-stitching

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been machine-stitching
you had been machine-stitching
he/she/it had been machine-stitching
we had been machine-stitching
you had been machine-stitching
they had been machine-stitching

Conditional
I would machine-stitch
you would machine-stitch
he/she/it would machine-stitch
we would machine-stitch
you would machine-stitch
they would machine-stitch

Past Conditional
I would have machine-stitched
you would have machine-stitched
he/she/it would have machine-stitched
we would have machine-stitched
you would have machine-stitched
they would have machine-stitched

Collins English Verb Tables © HarperCollins Publishers 2011

Translations

machine-stitch

[məˈʃiːnˌstɪtʃ] VT → coser a máquina

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

machine-stitch

[məˈʃiːnˌstɪtʃ] vt → cucire a macchina

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

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