seam

Bedeutung

Noun

1. A folded-back and stitched piece of fabric; especially, the stitching that joins two or more pieces of fabric.
2. A suture.
3. A thin stratum, especially of an economically viable material such as coal or mineral.
4. The stitched equatorial seam of a cricket ball; the sideways movement of a ball when it bounces on the seam.
5. A joint formed by mating two separate sections of materials.
6. A line or depression left by a cut or wound; a scar; a cicatrix.
7. A line of junction; a joint.

Verb

1. To put together with a seam.
2. 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.
3. To mark with a seam or line; to scar.
4. To crack open along a seam.
5. Of the ball, to move sideways after bouncing on the seam.
6. Of a bowler, to make the ball move thus.

Ausgesprochen als (IPA)

/siːm/

Etymologie

From Middle English seem, seme, from Old English sēam (“seam”), from Proto-West Germanic *saum, from Proto-Germanic *saumaz (“that which is sewn”).

Sätze

Look , the seam is now broken , it couldn't stand the jerk .

Schau, die Naht ist jetzt gebrochen, sie konnte den Ruck nicht ertragen.