seamed

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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seamed

(siːmd)

adj

1. literary wrinkled; indented

2. (Clothing & Fashion) having a seam

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Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	seamed - having or joined by a seam or seams seamless - not having or joined by a seam or seams; "seamless stockings"
	2.	seamed - (used especially of skin) marked by lines or seams; "their lined faces were immeasurably sad"; "a seamed face" lined rough, unsmooth - having or caused by an irregular surface; "trees with rough bark"; "rough ground"; "rough skin"; "rough blankets"; "his unsmooth face"

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