seam
/ˈsiːm/noun, verb1 syllable
Seam means: a slight depression or fold in the smoothness of a surface.
Synonyms for seam6
What does seam mean?4
noun
1
a slight depression or fold in the smoothness of a surface“his face has many lines”
2
a stratum of ore or coal thick enough to be mined with profit“he worked in the coal beds”
3
joint consisting of a line formed by joining two pieces
verb
1
put together with a seam“seam a dress”
Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What rhymes with seam?21
three syllables
Seam in a sentence
- In order to fix this mistake we'll have to tear out this seam.unknown
- The mid-ocean range stretches around the globe like the seam of a baseball.Hybrid
- I am walking up the seam of stairs.Josephlingo
- The public school system is coming apart at the seams.unknown
- Please take in the seams of the jacket a little._undertoad
- A seam on the blanket has unraveled.AlanF_US
- The cinema is bursting at the seams.qdii
- My jeans ripped at the seams.corvard
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Forms of seam
as a noun
- plural
- seams
as a verb
- past tense
- seamed
- present participle
- seaming
- third-person singular
- seams
- past participle
- seamed