seam

== English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈsiːm/, [ˈsɪi̯m] Rhymes: -iːm Hyphenation: seam Homophones: seem, seme === Etymology 1 === From Middle English seem, seme, from Old English sēam (“seam”), from Proto-West Germanic *saum, from Proto-Germanic *saumaz (“that which is sewn”). Cognate with Dutch zoom (“hem, edge”), German Saum (“hem, edge”), Danish and Norwegian Bokmål søm (“seam”), Norwegian Nynorsk saum (“seam”), Swedish söm (“seam”). ==== Alternative forms ==== seme (obsolete) ==== Noun ==== seam (plural seams) (sewing) A folded-back and stitched piece of fabric; especially, the stitching that joins two or more pieces of fabric. A suture. (geology) A thin stratum, especially of an economically viable material such as coal or mineral. (cricket) The stitched equatorial seam of a cricket ball; the sideways movement of a ball when it bounces on the seam. (construction, nautical) A joint formed by mating two separate sections of materials. A line or depression left by a cut or wound; a scar; a cicatrix. (figurative) A line of junction; a joint. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === From the noun seam. ==== Verb ==== seam (third-person singular simple present seams, present participle seaming, simple past and past participle seamed) To put together with a seam. (Can we date this quote by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?), The Skeleton in Armor: Thus, seamed with many scars, / Bursting these prison bars, / Up to its native stars / My soul ascended! 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. To mark with a seam or line; to scar. To crack open along a seam. (cricket) Of the ball, to move sideways after bouncing on the seam. (cricket) Of a bowler, to make the ball move thus. ===== Derived terms ===== === Etymology 3 === From Old English sēam (“a burden”), from Latin sagma (“saddle”). ==== Noun ==== seam (plural seams) (historical) An old English measure of grain, containing eight bushels. (historical) An old English measure of glass, containing twenty-four weys of five pounds, or 120 pounds. === Etymology 4 === From Middle English seym (“grease”), from Old French saim (“fat”). Compare French saindoux (“lard”). ==== Alternative forms ==== saim ==== Noun ==== seam (uncountable) (UK, dialect, obsolete) Grease; tallow; lard. ==== References ==== James A. H. Murray et al., editors (1884–1928), “Seam”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC. === Further reading === seam on Wikipedia.Wikipedia seam (sewing) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia hemming and seaming on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === Anagrams === AMEs, ASME, Ames, EMAS, MSAE, Mesa, Same, eams, mase, meas, meas., mesa, same == Old English == === Etymology === Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *saum, from Proto-Germanic *saumaz. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /sæ͜ɑːm/ === Noun === sēam m (nominative plural sēamas) seam ==== Declension ==== Strong a-stem: ==== Derived terms ==== sēamere sēamestre ==== Descendants ==== Middle English: seem, ceem, ceme, sem, seme, seymeEnglish: seamScots: seam