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seam

(sēm)

a. A line of junction formed by sewing together two pieces of material along their margins.

b. A similar line, ridge, or groove made by fitting, joining, or lapping together two sections along their edges.

c. A suture.

d. A scar.

2. A line across a surface, as a crack, fissure, or wrinkle.

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

v. seamed, seam·ing, seams

v.tr.

1. To put together with or as if with a seam.

2. To mark with a groove, wrinkle, scar, or other seamlike line.

v.intr.

To become fissured or furrowed; crack open.

[Middle English seme, from Old English sēam; see syū- in Indo-European roots.]

seam′er n.

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seam

(siːm)

1. (Knitting & Sewing) the line along which pieces of fabric are joined, esp by stitching

2. a ridge or line made by joining two edges

3. (Geological Science) a stratum of coal, ore, etc

4. a linear indentation, such as a wrinkle or scar

5. (Surgery) surgery another name for suture^1b

6. (Cricket) (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 Northern English doing well, esp financially

9. (Knitting & Sewing) (tr) to join or sew together by or as if by a seam

10. (Knitting & Sewing) US to make ridges in (knitting) using purl stitch

11. to mark or become marked with or as if with a seam or wrinkle

[Old English; related to Old Norse saumr, Old High German soum]

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seam

(sim)

n.

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. Geol. a comparatively thin stratum; a bed, as of coal.

v.t.

6. to join with or as if with stitches.

7. to furrow; mark with wrinkles, scars, etc.

v.i.

8. to become cracked, fissured, or furrowed.

[before 1000; Middle English seme (n.), Old English sēam, c. Old Frisian sām, Old High German soum (German Saum), Old Norse saumr; akin to sew]

seam′er, n.

seam

(sēm)

Geology

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

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seam

- Etymologically, a joint made by sewing.

Seam

a horse-load; a load or burden; specifically, eight bushels of grain; three hundred-weight of hay or manure; two hundred-weight of straw (a cartload).

Examples: seam of apples (9 pecks); of corn (a quarter), 1440; of dung, 1726; of glass (120 lb.), 1325; of grain (8 bushels); of hay (3 ctw), 1880; of lime, 1536; of manure, (3 cwt); of oats (8 bushels), 1377; of sand (6-8 pecks); of straw (3 cwt); of wood, 1545.

seam

Past participle: seamed
Gerund: seaming

Imperative
seam
seam

Present
I seam
you seam
he/she/it seams
we seam
you seam
they seam

Preterite
I seamed
you seamed
he/she/it seamed
we seamed
you seamed
they seamed

Present Continuous
I am seaming
you are seaming
he/she/it is seaming
we are seaming
you are seaming
they are seaming

Present Perfect
I have seamed
you have seamed
he/she/it has seamed
we have seamed
you have seamed
they have seamed

Past Continuous
I was seaming
you were seaming
he/she/it was seaming
we were seaming
you were seaming
they were seaming

Past Perfect
I had seamed
you had seamed
he/she/it had seamed
we had seamed
you had seamed
they had seamed

Future
I will seam
you will seam
he/she/it will seam
we will seam
you will seam
they will seam

Future Perfect
I will have seamed
you will have seamed
he/she/it will have seamed
we will have seamed
you will have seamed
they will have seamed

Future Continuous
I will be seaming
you will be seaming
he/she/it will be seaming
we will be seaming
you will be seaming
they will be seaming

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been seaming
you have been seaming
he/she/it has been seaming
we have been seaming
you have been seaming
they have been seaming

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been seaming
you will have been seaming
he/she/it will have been seaming
we will have been seaming
you will have been seaming
they will have been seaming

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been seaming
you had been seaming
he/she/it had been seaming
we had been seaming
you had been seaming
they had been seaming

Conditional
I would seam
you would seam
he/she/it would seam
we would seam
you would seam
they would seam

Past Conditional
I would have seamed
you would have seamed
he/she/it would have seamed
we would have seamed
you would have seamed
they would have seamed

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Noun	1.	seam - joint consisting of a line formed by joining two pieces felled seam, fell - seam made by turning under or folding together and stitching the seamed materials to avoid rough edges joint - junction by which parts or objects are joined together surgical seam, suture - a seam used in surgery welt - a raised or strengthened seam
	2.	seam - a slight depression in the smoothness of a surface; "his face has many lines"; "ironing gets rid of most wrinkles" crinkle, wrinkle, crease, furrow, line cutis, skin, tegument - a natural protective body covering and site of the sense of touch; "your skin is the largest organ of your body" imprint, impression, depression - a concavity in a surface produced by pressing; "he left the impression of his fingers in the soft mud" crow's feet, crow's foot, laugh line - a wrinkle in the skin at the outer corner of your eyes dermatoglyphic - the lines that form patterns on the skin (especially on the fingertips and the palms of the hands and the soles of the feet) frown line - a facial wrinkle associated with frowning life line, lifeline, line of life - a crease on the palm; its length is said by palmists to indicate how long you will live heart line, line of heart, love line, mensal line - a crease on the palm; palmists say it indicates your emotional nature line of destiny, line of fate, line of Saturn - a crease on the palm; palmists say it indicates how successful you will be
	3.	seam - a stratum of ore or coal thick enough to be mined with profit; "he worked in the coal beds" bed stratum - one of several parallel layers of material arranged one on top of another (such as a layer of tissue or cells in an organism or a layer of sedimentary rock) coal seam - a seam of coal
Verb	1.	seam - put together with a seam; "seam a dress" bring together, join - cause to become joined or linked; "join these two parts so that they fit together" suture - join with a suture; "suture the wound after surgery"

seam

noun

1. joint, closure, suture (Surgery) The seam of her tunic was split from armpit to hem.

2. layer, vein, stratum, lode The average UK coal seam is one metre thick.

bursting at the seams full (to bursting), crowded, packed, jammed, crammed, chock-full, chock-a-block The hotel was bursting at the seams.

fall apart at the seams collapse, fail, stop working, come unstuck, seize up, go kaput (informal), go phut The university system is falling apart at the seams.

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seam

noun

A point or position at which two or more things are joined:

connection, coupling, joint, junction, juncture, union.

Translations

خَط أو طبَقَة الفَحمخَط الإلِتِقاءدَرْز، خَط الدَّرْزدَرْزَةيَدْرِز

ševslojspárasešít

sømsømme=-laglagsammenføjning

Naht Saum säumen Schicht

ραφή

costura

saumasuonitikkausjuonneommel

couture joint veine

šav

vékony réteg

jarîlagsamskeytisauma samansaumur

cucitura scanalatura strato vivagno aggraffatura

縫い目

솔기

išvirkščioji pusėsiūlėsiuvėjasusiūti

apvīlētsašūtslānisšuvevīle

naad

søm sømme sy fuge sjikt

szew

costura sutura

шов

sloj

šivstik

söm

ตะเข็บ

damar dikişdikiş yeridikmekek/bağlantı yeri

đường may nối

接缝矿层缝合接合处

seam

[siːm]

A. N

1. (Sew) → costura f
to fall or come apart at the seams → descoserse
to be bursting at the seams [dress etc] → estar a punto de reventar por las costuras (fig) [room etc] → estar a rebosar

2. (Welding) → juntura f

3. (Geol) → filón m, veta f

B. VT (Sew) → coser (Tech) → juntar

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seam

[ˈsiːm] n

(in cloth) → couture f; (in plastic, metal) → soudure f
to be bursting at the seams [room, building, suitcase] → être plein(e) à craquer
The hall was bursting at the seams → La salle était pleine à craquer.
to come apart at the seams, to fall apart at the seams [garment] → se découdre
Did your dress fall apart at the seams? → Est-ce que ta robe s'est décousue?; [system, organization, team, person, life] → battre de l'aile
Her marriage was falling apart at the seams → Son mariage battait de l'aile.

[coal] → veine f, filon m

seam

→ Naht f; (= scar) → Narbe f; (Naut) → Fuge f; are my seams straight? → sitzen meine Nähte gerade?; to come or fall apart at the seams (lit, fig) → aus den Nähten gehen; to be bursting at the seams (lit, fig) → aus allen Nähten platzen (inf)

(Geol) → Flöz nt

vt (= sew, join) → nähen; (fig: = mark with lines) → durchziehen

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seam

[siːm] n

a. (Sewing) → cucitura; (Welding) → saldatura
to come apart at the seams → scucirsi
my dress is bursting at the seams → scoppio dentro questo vestito
the hall was bursting at the seams (fig) → l'aula era piena zeppa

b. (Geol) (of coal) → filone m, vena

seam

(siːm) noun

1. the line formed by the sewing together of two pieces of cloth etc.

2. the line where two things meet or join. Water was coming in through the seams of the boat.

3. a thin line or layer of coal etc in the earth. a coal seam.

verb

to sew a seam in. I've pinned the skirt together but I haven't seamed it yet.

ˈseamstress (ˈsemstrəs) , (ˈsiːmstrəs) noun

a woman who earns her living by sewing.

the seamy side (of life)

the roughest, most unpleasant side or aspect of human life.

seam

→ دَرْزَة šev søm Naht ραφή costura sauma couture šav cucitura 縫い目 솔기 naad søm szew costura шов söm ตะเข็บ dikiş đường may nối 接缝

seam

n. costura, línea de costura.

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Welding an old pike-head, sir; there were seams and dents in it.

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Frocks were made or altered and washed, seams and flounces were let out, buttons were sewn on, and ribbons got ready.

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She wondered as she regarded some of the grizzled women in the room, mere mechanical contrivances sewing seams and grinding out, with heads bended over their work, tales of imagined or real girlhood happiness, past drunks, the baby at home, and unpaid wages.

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Then we stripped him and searched his seams and his pockets and his socks and the inside of his boots, and everything, and searched his bundle.

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The pitch was bubbling in the seams; the nasty stench of the place turned me sick; if ever a man smelt fever and dysentery, it was in that abominable anchorage.

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He was not at all easy about the wounds which Don Belianis gave and took, because it seemed to him that, great as were the surgeons who had cured him, he must have had his face and body covered all over with seams and scars.

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It is there that I, intent on my own investigations, have passed and re-passed a hundred times the worn leonine face, white as the snow beneath him, furrowed with wrinkles like the seams and gashes upon the North Cape; the nervous hand, integrally a part of the mechanism of his flighter; and above all, the wonderful lambent eyes turned to the zenith.

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It was seamed and furrowed; he could trace the lines with the tips of his fingers.

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I was a youngster then, and suffering from weariness, cold, and imperfect oilskins which let water in at every seam. I craved human companionship, and, coming off the poop, took my place by the side of the boatswain (a man whom I did not like) in a comparatively dry spot where at worst we had water only up to our knees.

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The bean thanked him most prettily, but as the tailor used black thread, all beans since then have a black seam.

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how wondrously dainty the finish of every little seam! And the lace!

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They gained the summit only to find themselves on another ravine, and now perceived that this vast mountain, which had presented such a sloping and even side to the distant beholder on the plain, was shagged by frightful precipices, and seamed with longitudinal chasms, deep and dangerous.