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Definition of 'Seam' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) seam
the line formed by sewing together pieces of cloth, leather, or the like.

2.  seam
the stitches used to make such a line.

3.  seam
any line formed by abutting edges.

4.  seam
any linear indentation or mark, as a wrinkle or scar.

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

6. (v.t.) seam
to join with or as if with stitches.

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

8. (v.i.) seam
to become cracked, fissured, or furrowed.

Etymology:  (bef. 1000; ME seme (n.), OE sēam, c. OFris

Definition of 'Seam' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) seam
joint consisting of a line formed by joining two pieces

2. (noun) wrinkle, furrow, crease, crinkle, seam, line
a slight depression in the smoothness of a surface
"his face has many lines"; "ironing gets rid of most wrinkles"

3. (verb) seam, bed
a stratum of ore or coal thick enough to be mined with profit
"he worked in the coal beds"

4. (verb) seam
put together with a seam
"seam a dress"


Definition of 'Seam' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (noun) seam
a place where two pieces of material are sewn together
The seam on his shirt had split.

2.  seam
a layer of sth between two layers of earth
a coal seam


Definition of 'Seam' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) Seam
grease; tallow; lard

2. (noun) Seam
the fold or line formed by sewing together two pieces of cloth or leather

3. (noun) Seam
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

4. (noun) Seam
a thin layer or stratum; a narrow vein between two thicker strata; as, a seam of coal

5. (noun) Seam
a line or depression left by a cut or wound; a scar; a cicatrix

6. (noun) Seam
a denomination of weight or measure

7. (noun) Seam
the quantity of eight bushels of grain

8. (noun) Seam
the quantity of 120 pounds of glass

9. (verb) Seam
to form a seam upon or of; to join by sewing together; to unite

10. (verb) Seam
to mark with something resembling a seam; to line; to scar

11. (verb) Seam
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

12. (verb) Seam
to become ridgy; to crack open


Translation of 'Seam' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

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

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: soom Arabic flag Arabic: دَرْز، خَط الدَّرْز Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: шев
Brazilian flag Brazilian: costura Czech flag Czech: šev German flag German: der Saum
Danish flag Danish: søm Greek flag Greek: ραφή Spanish flag Spanish: costura
Estonian flag Estonian: õmblusserv Farsi flag Farsi: درز Finnish flag Finnish: sauma
French flag French: couture Hebrew flag Hebrew: תֶפֶר Hindi flag Hindi: सीवन जोड़
Croatian flag Croatian: šav Hungarian flag Hungarian: varrat Indonesian flag Indonesian: garis jahitan
Icelandic flag Icelandic: saumur Italian flag Italian: costura Japanese flag Japanese: 縫い目
Korean flag Korean: 솔기 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: siūlė Latvian flag Latvian: šuve; vīle
Malay flag Malay: kelim Dutch flag Dutch: naad Norwegian flag Norwegian: søm
Polish flag Polish: szew Persian flag Persian: درز Pashto flag Pashto: بخۍ، درز: كوت، ګونځه: ( ج
Portuguese flag Portuguese: costura Romanian flag Romanian: cusă­tură Russian flag Russian: шов
Slovak flag Slovak: švík Slovenian flag Slovenian: šiv Serbian flag Serbian: porub
Swedish flag Swedish: söm Thai flag Thai: ตะเข็บ Turkish flag Turkish: dikiş yeri
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 接縫 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: шов Urdu flag Urdu: سیون
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: đường nối Chinese flag Chinese: 接缝

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