seam
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- noun
- /siːm/
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- The tailor carefully inspected the seam to ensure it was strong and well-stitched.
- side seams
- sewing up the seams
- seams where parts joined
So this is the four seam where you see all four seams.
- So this is the four seam where you see all four seams.
- She wore opaque stockings with the seam down the back of the calf.
- See how every seam is doubled?
- You can see the little window seams that separate the windows.
- You've got the same sort of Princess seams which are just so girly and sweet.
- It's satin on the bias seam down the center.
- Open along center seam at the end.
- Yeah, I was able to measure all of the seams exactly.
- It's, it's just bursting at the seams with microbes and fungi.
Examples
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Fine lines running along each spoke represent the seams where parts joined.
Academic text (2004) -
A faint horizontal seam is the only indication that it was once broken.
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And so again, her side seam would sit like that.
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It's got a seam right down the middle and a bag.
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And here again, look at the seam, perfect alignment.
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See how every seam is doubled?
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I'm going to place them across the seam where the two panels come together.
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So you can't see the seam, which is great.
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Oh, it's just a popped seam, easily repaired.
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Nautical rope was cut to length to conceal the seams where the panels met.
Academic text (2011)
Synonyms
The line where two pieces of cloth are sewn together on a shirt
A seam made by folding fabric edges under and sewing them so the edges do not come apart
A stitch that sews along fabric edges to stop them coming apart
Compounds
- Specialized
A seam made by folding fabric edges under and sewing them so the edges do not come apart
How Visible
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word seam originally named the line made when two pieces are sewn together, coming from an old English word for 'stitch' and related to sew. So a seam is the joining line between pieces of cloth or material.