seam

(Inglés)

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. (figuratively) 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.

Pronúnciase como (IPA)

/siːm/

Etimoloxía (Inglés)

Herdado de Middle English: seem

Herdado de Old English: sēam

In summary

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

Sinónimos

suture

stitch

joint

hem

bed

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sewing

line

sew

wrinkle

layer

furrow

join

selvage

crease

stitching

vein

edge

border

juncture

opening

welt

frontier

rim

class

stratum

raphe

crack

quilt

crinkle

embroider

boundary

needlework

stream

bind

slit

slot

stich

streak

stringer

stripe

striped

vas

vessel

zone

repoint

joining point

thin layer

put an apparent seam in

rhaphe

shallow layer

Traducións

Naht

cucitura

costura

Saum

couture

szew

voeg

naad

costura

joint

Fuge

Flöz

aggraffatura

bordo

Schicht

Frases

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