sew.html - {adj. phr.}, {informal} Won or arranged as you wish; decided. * /They thought they had the game sewed up, but the other team won it with a touchdown in the last quarter./ * /Dick thought he had the job sewed up, but another boy got it./ Compare: IN THE BAG.

sew.html - v.tr.
(past part. sewn or sewed)
1 (also absol.) fasten, join, etc., by making stitches with a needle and thread or a sewing-machine.
2 make (a garment etc.) by sewing.
3 (often foll. by on, in, etc.) attach by sewing (shall I sew on your buttons?).

sew up 1 join or enclose by sewing.
2 colloq. (esp. in passive) satisfactorily arrange or finish dealing with (a project etc.).
3 esp. US obtain exclusive use of.

sewer n. [OE si(o)wan]

sew.html - n.
waste matter, esp. excremental, conveyed in sewers.

sewage farm (or works) a place where sewage is treated, esp. to produce manure.

sew.html - var. of SEWIN.

sew.html - n.
a conduit, usu. underground, for carrying off drainage water and sewage.

sewer rat the common brown rat. [ME f. AF sever(e), ONF se(u)wiere channel to carry off the overflow from a fishpond, ult. f. L ex- out of + aqua water]

sew.html - n.
a system of or drainage by sewers.