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Antonyms for seam

Grammar : Noun
Spell : seem
Phonetic Transcription : sim

Definition of seam

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.
  • noun line where two objects are connected
Example sentences :
  • You'll open a seam in your head and founder, first thing you know.
  • Extract from : « Thankful's Inheritance » by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • The seam is twenty-six feet thick, and the coal is of good quality.
  • Extract from : « The Last Voyage » by Lady (Annie Allnutt) Brassey
  • Then followed a long silence while the machine rattled down a seam.
  • Extract from : « The Hound From The North » by Ridgwell Cullum
  • "There's a seam of cryolite in the Eastern Hills, according to the old maps," said Lake.
  • Extract from : « Space Prison » by Tom Godwin
  • Take your seam indoors to your chamber, and stir not from it till supper-time.
  • Extract from : « Chatterbox, 1905. » by Various
  • That I could scratch by rubbing it against the seam of my trousers.
  • Extract from : « Highways in Hiding » by George Oliver Smith
  • This is marked as plainly as if a wall had been built up at the end of the seam.
  • Extract from : « The Mines and its Wonders » by W.H.G. Kingston
  • Mrs. Fenelby took up her sewing, and began to stitch a seam.
  • Extract from : « The Cheerful Smugglers » by Ellis Parker Butler
  • I've forgotten to caulk that seam over your bunk, and it's going to rain.
  • Extract from : « The Riddle of the Sands » by Erskine Childers
  • Eighth row:—Knit eighth row of edging, seam 55 stitches, knit 1.
  • Extract from : « Exercises in Knitting » by Cornelia Mee

Synonyms for seam

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