seam
/siːm/
noun
- A line where two pieces of fabric are joined together by sewing.
- The tailor reinforced the seam with extra stitching.
- He carefully pressed the seam flat with an iron.
- The seam on her dress came undone.
- A layer of a mineral, such as coal or gold, in the ground.
- The miners discovered a rich seam of coal.
- Gold seams run deep beneath the mountain.
- They followed the seam of quartz for miles.
- A line or ridge that looks like a seam, such as on a ball or a piece of metal.
- The baseball's red seam was visible against the white leather.
- The seam on the metal roof was starting to leak.
- A thin seam of rust appeared along the pipe.
verb
- To join two pieces of fabric together with a seam.
- The dressmaker will seam the sides of the skirt.
- He carefully seamed the two panels together.
- She learned to seam the pieces of the quilt by hand.
- To mark or cover with a line or ridge that looks like a seam.
- Cracks seamed the old plaster wall.
- Age had seamed his face with deep wrinkles.
- The river seamed the landscape with winding channels.