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seam

[ seem ]

noun

  1. the line formed by sewing together pieces of cloth, leather, or the like.
  2. the stitches used to make such a line.
  3. any line formed by abutting edges.
  4. any linear indentation or mark, as a wrinkle or scar.
  5. Knitting. a line of stitches formed by purling.
  6. Geology. a comparatively thin stratum; a bed, as of coal.


verb (used with object)

  1. to join with or as if with stitches; make the seam or seams of.
  2. to furrow; mark with wrinkles, scars, etc.
  3. Knitting. to knit with or in a seam.

verb (used without object)

  1. to become cracked, fissured, or furrowed.
  2. Knitting. to make a line of stitches by purling.

seam

/ siːm /

noun

  1. the line along which pieces of fabric are joined, esp by stitching
  2. a ridge or line made by joining two edges
  3. a stratum of coal, ore, etc
  4. a linear indentation, such as a wrinkle or scar
  5. surgery another name for suture
  6. modifier cricket of or relating to a style of bowling in which the bowler utilizes the stitched seam round the ball in order to make it swing in flight and after touching the ground

    a seam bowler

  7. bursting at the seams
    full to overflowing
  8. in a good seam dialect.
    doing well, esp financially
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


verb

  1. tr to join or sew together by or as if by a seam
  2. to make ridges in (knitting) using purl stitch
  3. to mark or become marked with or as if with a seam or wrinkle
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

seam

/ sēm /

  1. A thin layer or stratum, as of coal or rock.


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  • seamer noun
  • under·seam noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of seam1

before 1000; Middle English seme (noun), Old English sēam; cognate with German Saum hem; akin to sew 1, Greek hymḗn membrane ( hymen )
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Word History and Origins

Origin of seam1

Old English; related to Old Norse saumr, Old High German soum
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Idioms and Phrases

see burst at the seams ; come apart at the seams .
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Example Sentences

We are bursting at the seams already while trying to maintain some semblance of social distancing working under these incredible stress levels.

The flatlock seams made it as comfortable in bed as any of the other tops.

The kit comes with a good variety of basics including needles, threads, scissors, buttons, a thimble, a needle threader, and a seam ripper.

Kit comes with 14 large thread spools, 4 specialty thread spools, 12 threaded bobbins, 12 empty bobbins, a small pair of scissors, pins, buttons, needle threaders, a seam ripper, and a mini pin cushion.

They’re designed with a patented wave-design seam for extra stability, and they’re compostable, too.

Fumbleroooohski…'” (39) “'Look at me, ungh, splitting my own seam, oohh… going deep.

Roll the pork over the stuffing, like a jelly roll, until the seam is facing down and the fat back is on top.

You sense that Farrow out in the field reporting will be a potential strong seam.

For a number of years, we lived in the Abu Tor neighborhood, right on the seam of East and West Jerusalem.

There is no doubt that Obama is tapping, here, into a rich seam of public discontent.

She essayed to sew, and stitched up a seam wrong side out, and ran the point of the needle under her finger nail.

The cone is made of metal—tin, brass or copper—which can be nickelplated, the seam being soldered.

The use of a hazel-rod to trace the existence of water or of a seam of coal seems a survival of this practice.

"There's a seam of cryolite in the Eastern Hills, according to the old maps," said Lake.

The smooth, unbreakable walls; the thin seam of the door; the thermometer.

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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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