seam

Noun · Verb
US[seem]/sim/1 syllable
Synonyms: wrinklefurrowcreasecrinklelinebed

Open English WordNet

Noun (3)seams

  1. joint consisting of a line formed by joining two piecesType of jointKinds suture, fell, welt
  2. a slight depression or fold in the smoothness of a surface“his face has many lines”“ironing gets rid of most wrinkles”Synonyms: wrinklefurrowcreasecrinklelineType of depression, impressionKinds line of fate, line of heart, line of life, frown line, head line, crow's foot, dermatoglyphicPart of skin, tegument
  3. a stratum of ore or coal thick enough to be mined with profit“he worked in the coal beds”Synonyms: bedType of stratumKinds coal seam

Verb (1)seams, seamed, seaming

  1. put together with a seam“seam a dress”More general joinMore specific suture

Related words seamy adjective, seamster noun

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Webster's Dictionary (1913)

Seam (sēm), noun

Origin: See Saim.

Grease; tallow; lard. Obs. or Prov. Eng. William Shakespeare John Dryden

Seam noun

Origin: OE. seem, seam, AS. seám; akin to D. zoom, OHG. soum, G. saum, LG. soom, Icel. saumr, Sw. & Dan. söm, and E. sew. √ 156. See Sew to fasten with thread.

1. The fold or line formed by sewing together two pieces of cloth or leather.

2. Hence, a line of junction; a joint; a suture, as on a ship, a floor, or other structure; the line of union, or joint, of two boards, planks, metal plates, etc.

Precepts should be so finely wrought together... that no coarse seam may discover where they join.— Joseph Addison

3. Geol. & Mining A thin layer or stratum; a narrow vein between two thicker strata; as, a seam of coal.

4. A line or depression left by a cut or wound; a scar; a cicatrix.

Seam blast, a blast made by putting the powder into seams or cracks of rocks. — Seam lace, a lace used by carriage makers to cover seams and edges; — called also seaming lace. — Seam presser. Agriculture (a) A heavy roller to press down newly plowed furrows. (b) A tailor's sadiron for pressing seams. Knight, Edward Henry — Seam set, a set for flattering the seams of metal sheets, leather work, etc.

Seam transitive verb [past tense & past participle Seamed; present participle & verbal noun Seaming.]

1. To form a seam upon or of; to join by sewing together; to unite.

2. To mark with something resembling a seam; to line; to scar.

Seamed o'er with wounds which his own saber gave.— Alexander Pope

3. To make the appearance of a seam in, as in knitting a stocking; hence, to knit with a certain stitch, like that in such knitting.

Seam intransitive verb

To become ridgy; to crack open.

Later their lips began to parch and seam.— Lewis Wallace
Seam noun

Origin: AS. seám, LL. sauma, L. sagma a packsaddle, fr. Gr. …. See Sumpter.

A denomination of weight or measure. Specifically: (a) The quantity of eight bushels of grain. “A seam of oats.” See Piers Plowman. (b) The quantity of 120 pounds of glass. British

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54

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