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Meaning of seam

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

seam

Pronunciation:/siːm//siːm/

noun

Definitions

  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.

seam

Pronunciation:/siːm//siːm/

verb

Definitions

  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.

seam

Pronunciation:/siːm//siːm/

noun

Definitions

  1. An old English measure of grain, containing eight bushels.

  2. An old English measure of glass, containing twenty-four weys of five pounds, or 120 pounds.