seam

seam

 (sēm)

n.

1.

a. A line of junction formed by sewing together two pieces of material along their margins.

b. A similar line, ridge, or groove made by fitting, joining, or lapping together two sections along their edges.

c. A suture.

d. A scar.

2. A line across a surface, as a crack, fissure, or wrinkle.

3. A thin layer or stratum, as of coal or rock.

v. seamed, seam·ing, seams

v.tr.

1. To put together with or as if with a seam.

2. To mark with a groove, wrinkle, scar, or other seamlike line.

v.intr.

To become fissured or furrowed; crack open.

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[Middle English seme, from Old English sēam; see syū- in Indo-European roots.]

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seam′er n.

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seam

(siːm)

n

1. (Knitting & Sewing) the line along which pieces of fabric are joined, esp by stitching

2. a ridge or line made by joining two edges

3. (Geological Science) a stratum of coal, ore, etc

4. a linear indentation, such as a wrinkle or scar

5. (Surgery) surgery another name for suture^1b

6. (Cricket) (modifier) cricket of or relating to a style of bowling in which the bowler utilizes the stitched seam round the ball in order to make it swing in flight and after touching the ground: a seam bowler.

7. bursting at the seams full to overflowing

8. in a good seam dialect Northern English doing well, esp financially

vb

9. (Knitting & Sewing) (tr) to join or sew together by or as if by a seam

10. (Knitting & Sewing) US to make ridges in (knitting) using purl stitch

11. to mark or become marked with or as if with a seam or wrinkle

[Old English; related to Old Norse saumr, Old High German soum]

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seam

(sim)

n.

1. the line formed by sewing together pieces of cloth, leather, or the like.

2. the stitches used to make such a line.

3. any line formed by abutting edges.

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

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

v.t.

6. to join with or as if with stitches.

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

v.i.

8. to become cracked, fissured, or furrowed.

[before 1000; Middle English seme (n.), Old English sēam, c. Old Frisian sām, Old High German soum (German Saum), Old Norse saumr; akin to sew]

seam′er, n.

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seam

(sēm)

Geology

A thin layer or stratum, as of coal or rock.

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seam

- Etymologically, a joint made by sewing.

See also related terms for joint.

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Seam

 a horse-load; a load or burden; specifically, eight bushels of grain; three hundred-weight of hay or manure; two hundred-weight of straw (a cartload).

Examples: seam of apples (9 pecks); of corn (a quarter), 1440; of dung, 1726; of glass (120 lb.), 1325; of grain (8 bushels); of hay (3 ctw), 1880; of lime, 1536; of manure, (3 cwt); of oats (8 bushels), 1377; of sand (6-8 pecks); of straw (3 cwt); of wood, 1545.

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seam

Past participle: seamed
Gerund: seaming

Imperative

seam

seam

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Thesaurus

Noun	1.	seam - joint consisting of a line formed by joining two pieces felled seam, fell - seam made by turning under or folding together and stitching the seamed materials to avoid rough edges joint - junction by which parts or objects are joined together surgical seam, suture - a seam used in surgery welt - a raised or strengthened seam
	2.	seam - a slight depression in the smoothness of a surface; "his face has many lines"; "ironing gets rid of most wrinkles" crinkle, wrinkle, crease, furrow, line cutis, skin, tegument - a natural protective body covering and site of the sense of touch; "your skin is the largest organ of your body" imprint, impression, depression - a concavity in a surface produced by pressing; "he left the impression of his fingers in the soft mud" crow's feet, crow's foot, laugh line - a wrinkle in the skin at the outer corner of your eyes dermatoglyphic - the lines that form patterns on the skin (especially on the fingertips and the palms of the hands and the soles of the feet) frown line - a facial wrinkle associated with frowning life line, lifeline, line of life - a crease on the palm; its length is said by palmists to indicate how long you will live heart line, line of heart, love line, mensal line - a crease on the palm; palmists say it indicates your emotional nature line of destiny, line of fate, line of Saturn - a crease on the palm; palmists say it indicates how successful you will be
	3.	seam - a stratum of ore or coal thick enough to be mined with profit; "he worked in the coal beds" bed stratum - one of several parallel layers of material arranged one on top of another (such as a layer of tissue or cells in an organism or a layer of sedimentary rock) coal seam - a seam of coal
Verb	1.	seam - put together with a seam; "seam a dress" bring together, join - cause to become joined or linked; "join these two parts so that they fit together" suture - join with a suture; "suture the wound after surgery"

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seam

noun

1. joint, closure, suture (Surgery) The seam of her tunic was split from armpit to hem.

2. layer, vein, stratum, lode The average UK coal seam is one metre thick.

bursting at the seams full (to bursting), crowded, packed, jammed, crammed, chock-full, chock-a-block The hotel was bursting at the seams.

fall apart at the seams collapse, fail, stop working, come unstuck, seize up, go kaput (informal), go phut The university system is falling apart at the seams.

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seam

noun

A point or position at which two or more things are joined:

connection, coupling, joint, junction, juncture, union.

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Translations

خَط أو طبَقَة الفَحمخَط الإلِتِقاءدَرْز، خَط الدَّرْزدَرْزَةيَدْرِز

ševslojspárasešít

sømsømme=-laglagsammenføjning

NahtSaumsäumenSchicht

ραφή

costura

saumasuonitikkausjuonneommel

couturejointveine

šav

vékony réteg

jarîlagsamskeytisauma samansaumur

cuciturascanalaturastratovivagnoaggraffatura

縫い目

솔기

išvirkščioji pusėsiūlėsiuvėjasusiūti

apvīlētsašūtslānisšuvevīle

naad

sømsømmesyfugesjikt

szew

costurasutura

шов

sloj

šivstik

söm

ตะเข็บ

damardikişdikiş yeridikmekek/bağlantı yeri

đường may nối

接缝矿层缝合接合处

seam

[siːm]

A. N

1. (Sew) → costura f
to fall or come apart at the seams → descoserse
to be bursting at the seams [dress etc] → estar a punto de reventar por las costuras (fig) [room etc] → estar a rebosar

2. (Welding) → juntura f

3. (Geol) → filón m, veta f

B. VT (Sew) → coser (Tech) → juntar

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seam

[ˈsiːm] n

(in cloth) → couture f; (in plastic, metal) → soudure f
to be bursting at the seams [room, building, suitcase] → être plein(e) à craquer
The hall was bursting at the seams → La salle était pleine à craquer.
to come apart at the seams, to fall apart at the seams [garment] → se découdre
Did your dress fall apart at the seams? → Est-ce que ta robe s'est décousue?; [system, organization, team, person, life] → battre de l'aile
Her marriage was falling apart at the seams → Son mariage battait de l'aile.

[coal] → veine f, filon m

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seam

n

→ Naht f; (= scar) → Narbe f; (Naut) → Fuge f; are my seams straight? → sitzen meine Nähte gerade?; to come or fall apart at the seams (lit, fig) → aus den Nähten gehen; to be bursting at the seams (lit, fig) → aus allen Nähten platzen (inf)

(Geol) → Flöz nt

vt (= sew, join) → nähen; (fig: = mark with lines) → durchziehen

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seam

[siːm] n

a. (Sewing) → cucitura; (Welding) → saldatura
to come apart at the seams → scucirsi
my dress is bursting at the seams → scoppio dentro questo vestito
the hall was bursting at the seams (fig) → l'aula era piena zeppa

b. (Geol) (of coal) → filone m, vena

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seam

(siːm) noun

1. the line formed by the sewing together of two pieces of cloth etc. soom دَرْز، خَط الدَّرْز шев costura šev der Saum søm ραφήcostura õmblusserv درز sauma coutureתפר सीवन जोड़ šav varrat garis jahitan saumur costura 縫い目 솔기 siūlė šuve; vīle kelim naadsømszew بخۍ، درز: كوت، ګونځه: ( جيالوجي ) رګ، پټ، پوړ، طبقه costura cusă­tură шов švík šiv porub söm ตะเข็บ dikiş yeri 接縫 шов سیون đường nối 接缝

2. the line where two things meet or join. Water was coming in through the seams of the boat. naat خَط الإلِتِقاء спойка costura spára die Naht sammenføjning αρμός, ένωσηjuntura, junta liitekoht درز sauma joint קַו תֶפֶר परत spoj illesztés sambungan samskeyti giunto つなぎ目 접합된 곳 sandūra šuve kelim naadskjøt, fuge spoina درز costura încheietură спаи, шов škára stik šav fog, skarv รอยที่ของสองสิ่งมาเจอกันหรือต่อกัน ek/bağlantı yeri 接合處 шов دو چیزوں کے ملنے سے بنی لکیر đường phân giới 接合处

3. a thin line or layer of coal etc in the earth. a coal seam. naat خَط أو طبَقَة الفَحم геол. тънък пласт filão sloj die Schicht lag; -lag φλέβαveta, filón kiht, lade لايه juonne veine שִׁכבַת פֶּחָם ležište rude (vékony) réteg lapisan batubara jarðlag filone, strato 薄層 (석탄 등의) 얇은 광층 gysla slānis lipit steenkoollaaglag, åre, sjiktzłoże بخۍ filão filon пласт sloj žila sloj flöts, skikt, lager แนวถ่านหินหรือแร่ damar, yatak 礦物層 прошарок, пласт کوئلے کی پتلی کان lớp, vỉa than （矿）层

verb

to sew a seam in. I've pinned the skirt together but I haven't seamed it yet. soom يَدْرِز шия costurar sešít säumen sømme κάνω ραφή hacer una costura (masinaga) kokku õmblema درز دوختن saumata faire une couture à לִתפוֹר धारियां बनाना zašiti beszeg menjahit sauma saman cucire 縫い合わせる 꿰매다 susiūti sašūt; apvīlēt mengelim aaneennaaiensy, sømme zszywać بخۍ كول coser a face o cusătură la... сшивать zošiť sešiti porubiti sy ihop เย็บตะเข็บผ้า dikmek 縫合 зшивати دو چیزوں کو ملا کر سینا nối, khâu lại 缝合

ˈseamstress (ˈsemstrəs) , (ˈsiːmstrəs) noun

a woman who earns her living by sewing. naaldwerkster خَيّاطَه шивачка costureira švadlena die Näherin syerske μοδίστραcosturera õmbleja(nna) زن خياط ompelija couturière תוֹפֶרֶת दरजिन, सिलाई करने वाली švelja varrónő tukang jahit saumakona cucitrice お針子 여성 재봉사 siuvėja šuvēja tukang jahit naaistersydameszwaczka درزى، ګنډونكى، خياط costureira croitoreasă швея krajčírka šivilja švalja sömmerska ผู้หญิงรับจ้างเย็บผ้า bayan terzi 女裁縫 швачка سوئی کا کام کرنے والی خیّاط عورت، درزن cô thợ may 女裁缝

the seamy side (of life)

the roughest, most unpleasant side or aspect of human life. onaangename sy الجانِب العابِس من الحياه грозната страна на живота o lado ruim rub, stinná stránka die Kehrseite vrangside η άσχημη πλευρά el lado más sórdido (de la vida) elu pahupool جنبه هاي كريه زندگي elämän nurja puoli l'envers du décor הַשֶטָח הַקוֹדֵר שֶׁל הַחָיִים neugodna strana života az élet árnyoldala sisi buruk kehidupan skuggahlið (il lato brutto) 裏面 인생의 이면, 사회의 암흑면 išvirkščioji (gyvenimo) pusė dzīves ēnas puse[] aspek kehidupan yang paling memeritkan zelfkantlivets skyggeside odwrotna strona medalu د ژوند غمګيني شيبي o lado mau partea sordidă a vieţii изнанка жизни tienistá stránka senčna stran ružna strana života livets (tillvarons) skuggsida ด้านโสมมของชีวิต berbat yönü, kötü taraf 人生的陰暗面 виворіт کسی چیز کا برا، قبیح، اصلی یا اندرونی رخ mặt trái của cuộc đời （生活中的）阴暗面

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seam

→ دَرْزَة šev søm Naht ραφή costura sauma couture šav cucitura 縫い目 솔기 naad søm szew costura шов söm ตะเข็บ dikiş đường may nối 接缝

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seam

n. costura, línea de costura.

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