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Seams

/siːmz/

A folded-back and stitched piece of fabric; especially, the stitching that joins two or more pieces of fabric.

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📖 Definitions of "Seams"

noun

1
A folded-back and stitched piece of fabric; especially, the stitching that joins two or more pieces of fabric.
2
A suture.
3
A thin stratum, especially of an economically viable material such as coal or mineral.
4
The stitched equatorial seam of a cricket ball; the sideways movement of a ball when it bounces on the seam.

verb

1
To put together with a seam.
2
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.
3
To mark with a seam or line; to scar.
4
To crack open along a seam.

noun

1
An old English measure of grain, containing eight bushels.
2
An old English measure of glass, containing twenty-four weys of five pounds, or 120 pounds.

noun

1
Grease; tallow; lard

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Seams"

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Word	Definition
bednoun	(countable) A piece of furniture, usually flat and soft, on which to rest or sleep.
furrownoun	A trench cut in the soil, as when plowed in order to plant a crop.
wrinklenoun	A small furrow, ridge or crease in an otherwise smooth surface.
creasenoun	A line or mark made by folding or doubling any pliable substance; hence, a similar mark, however produced.
crinklenoun	A wrinkle, fold, crease, or unevenness.
linenoun	A path through two or more points (compare ‘segment’); a continuous mark, including as made by a pen; any path, curved or straight.
bedsnoun	(UK, in postal addresses) Abbreviation of Bedfordshire. [A midland county of England, county town Bedford, bounded by Northamptonshire, Cambridgeshire, Hertfordshire and Buckinghamshire.]
boardsnoun	(informal, with "the") A stage (as in a theater).
coatsnoun	A surname.
cracksnoun	A thin and usually jagged space opened in a previously solid material.
crevicesnoun	A narrow crack or fissure, as in a rock or wall.
dams	(formerly Driot-Arnoux Motorsport, currently Driot Associés Motor Sport; racing as DAMS Lucas Oil for sponsorship reasons) an auto racing team from France, involved in many areas of motorsport.
depositsnoun	(banking) Money placed in a bank account, as for safekeeping or to earn interest.
diapersnoun	(chiefly Canada, US, Philippines, India) An absorbent garment worn around the crotch that retains the wearer's urine and feces, often worn by a baby or young child who is not yet toilet trained, or by an adult who is incontinent or wets the bed, or under extreme working conditions without access to a toilet; a nappy.
dividersnoun	a drafting instrument resembling a compass that is used for dividing lines into equal segments or for transferring measurements
dykesnoun	Diagonal cutting pliers; diagonal pliers; diagonal cutters; wire cutters.
gasketsnoun	(mechanics) Any mechanical seal that serves to fill the space between two objects, generally to prevent leakage between the two objects while under compression.
joinsverb	(transitive) To connect or combine into one; to put together.
jointsnoun	(anatomy) Any part of an animalian body where two bones or exoskeleton segments are abutted, in most cases allowing that part of the body to be bent or straightened.
layersnoun	A single thickness of some material covering a surface.