seam (s m)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. 3. To form ridges in by purling. v.intr. 1. To become fissured or furrowed; crack open. 2. To purl. [Middle English seme, from Old English s am; see sy - in Indo-European roots.]seam  er n. |
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