fasten by sewing; do needlework
"She spent the afternoon sitting at her table to sew a new button onto her favorite jacket."
To use a needle to pass thread repeatedly through (pieces of fabric) in order to join them together.
"The chef decided to thicken the stew by adding a little flour and water to sew up the thin broth before serving it with mashed potatoes."
To drain the water from.
broth, gravy
The word "sew" comes from Old English, where it originally meant to mend, patch, or knit things together. Its roots trace back to Proto-Indo-European, linking it to similar words for sewing in many other languages today.