seam

Meaning

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.

Synonyms

suture

stitch

joint

hem

bed

🛏️

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

cross welt

religious painting

shed coal

welted edge

buckle

caulking

central

chance

🎲

claw

commissure

darn

edging

film

📽️

flag

flange

fringe

hole

🕳️

horizon

interlock

jointing

junction

lamella

lamination

level

lode

meeting

mouth

nervure

outline

piece

point

rabbet

reservoir

rib

ridge

scarify

sewn

sew together

Pronounced as (IPA)

/siːm/

Etymology

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

Sentences

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