Advertisement

Advertisement

unseam

[ uhn-seem ]

verb (used with object)

  1. to open the seam or seams of; undo; rip apart:

    to unseam a dress.



unseam

/ ʌnˈsiːm /

verb

  1. tr to open or undo the seam of
“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
Discover More

Word History and Origins

Origin of unseam1

First recorded in 1585–95; un- 2 + seam
Discover More

Example Sentences

The result was that you were yourself on foot, armed only with steel, against an adversary who weighed a good deal more than you did and who could unseam you from the nave to the chaps, and set your head upon his battlements.

The body count starts high—before the audience has even laid eyes on him, the valiant warrior Macbeth is described as hacking his way across a battlefield to “unseam” a foe “from the nave to the chops”—and only gets higher.

From Slate

But the willingness of film directors to unseam the play and thereby expose the dramatic skeleton may be what has allowed a notable few of them to elude the curse on-screen.

Unseam, un-sēm, v.t. to undo a piece of sewing, to split.

‘Till he unseam’d him from the nave to the chaps.’

Advertisement

Advertisement

Advertisement

Advertisement


unsealedunsearchable