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Definition seam
Etymology 1
From Middle English seem, seme, from Old English s?am (“seam”), from Proto-Germanic *saumaz (“that which is sewn”).
Noun
seam (plural seams)
- (sewing) A folded-back and stitched piece of fabric; especially, the stitching that joins two or more pieces of fabric.
- A suture.
- (geology) A thin stratum, especially of an economically viable material such as coal or mineral.
- (cricket) The stitched equatorial seam of a cricket ball; the sideways movement of a ball when it bounces on the seam.
- (construction) A joint formed by mating two separate sections of materials.
- A line or depression left by a cut or wound; a scar; a cicatrix.
- (figuratively) A line of junction; a joint.
Etymology 2
From the noun seam.
Verb
seam (third-person singular simple present seams, present participle seaming, simple past and past participle seamed)
- To put together with a 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.
- To mark with a seam or line; to scar.
- To crack open along a seam.
- (cricket) Of the ball, to move sideways after bouncing on the seam.
- (cricket) Of a bowler, to make the ball move thus.
Etymology 3
From Old English s?am (“a burden”), from Latin sagma (“saddle”).
Noun
seam (plural seams)
- (historical) An old English measure of grain, containing eight bushels.
- (historical) An old English measure of glass, containing twenty-four weys of five pounds, or 120 pounds.
Etymology 4
From Middle English seime (“grease”), from Old French saim (“fat”). Compare French saindoux (“lard”).
Noun
seam (plural seams)
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