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Synonyms for seaming
| Grammar : Noun, verb |
| Spell : seem |
| Phonetic Transcription : sim |
Top 10 synonyms for seaming Other synonyms for the word seaming
- backstitching
- baste
- bedraggle
- bind
- cockle
- coil
- compress
- constrict
- contract
- corrugate
- crackle
- crease
- crimp
- crimple
- crinkle
- crisp
- crumple
- curl
- darning
- disorder
- draw together
- dressmaking
- embroidering
- enfold
- fold
- furrow
- gather
- hem
- hiss
- line
- make snug
- mending
- mess up
- muss up
- needlecraft
- needlework
- piece
- plait
- pleat
- prune up
- pucker
- purse
- push
- put in
- rimple
- ruck
- ruck up
- ruffle
- rustle
- scallop
- screw
- screw up
- scrunch
- seam
- seaming
- shrivel
- squeeze in
- stitchery
- swaddle
- swish
- tack
- tailoring
- tousle
- twist
- whisper
- wind
- work
- wrap
- wreathe
- wrinkle
Définition of seaming
Origin :- Old English seam "seam, suture, junction," from Proto-Germanic *saumaz (cf. Old Frisian sam "hem, seam," Old Norse saumr, Middle Dutch som, Dutch zoom, Old High German soum, German Saum "hem"), from PIE root *syu- "to sew, to bind" (cf. Old English siwian, Latin suere, Sanskrit syuman; see sew).
- Chidynge and reproche ... vnsowen the semes of freendshipe in mannes herte. [Chaucer, "Parson's Tale," c.1386]
- Meaning "raised band of stitching on a ball" is recorded from 1888. Geological use is from 1590s.
- As in sewing : noun stitching
- As in rumple : verb crush, wrinkle
- As in sew : verb prepare fabric for clothing, covering
- As in tuck : verb fold together
- As in wrinkle : verb crinkle, fold
- As in rimple : verb wrinkle
- As in crinkle : verb crumple, ruffle
- Their walk is a waddle, and they bulge with seaming corpulency.
- Extract from : « The Mutiny of the Elsinore » by Jack London
- The effects vary with the depth and tightness of the seaming.
- Extract from : « Chincha Plain-weave cloths » by Lila M. O'Neale
- The matter of detail has been sufficiently thorough to embody also the point of seaming.
- Extract from : « Jaros Hygienic Wear » by I. Jaros
- In seaming the bag, take care not to wrinkle it in the clams.
- Extract from : « Scientific American Supplement, No. 561, October 2, 1886 » by Various
- If the first seaming roll is forced in too rapidly it may ruin the seam.
- Extract from : « Every Step in Canning » by Grace Viall Gray
- Captain Joe could see the deep lines about the eyes, seaming the dry, shrunken skin.
- Extract from : « Caleb West, Master Diver » by F. Hopkinson Smith
- Mrs. Condiment taught her the mysteries of cutting and basting, back-stitching and felling, hemming and seaming.
- Extract from : « Hidden Hand » by Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth
- There is no danger from bringing in the second seaming roll too quickly if the first seaming roll has completed its work.
- Extract from : « Every Step in Canning » by Grace Viall Gray
- My mother had cut out the divisions from various bits in the rag-bag, and my sister had done some of the seaming.
- Extract from : « The Peace Egg and Other tales » by Juliana Horatia Ewing
- The lieutenant himself traced out the pattern and cut out the strips, and all hands were employed in seaming them together.
- Extract from : « Off on a Comet » by Jules Verne
Antonyms for seaming
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