Definition of "seam" in Anglais

noun

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

2. A suture.

3. (geology) A thin stratum, especially of an economically viable material such as coal or mineral.

4. (cricket) The stitched equatorial seam of a cricket ball; the sideways movement of a ball when it bounces on the seam.

5. (construction, nautical) A joint formed by mating two separate sections of materials.

   • Seams can be made or sealed in a variety of ways, including adhesive bonding, hot-air welding, solvent welding, using adhesive tapes, sealant, etc.

6. A line or depression left by a cut or wound; a scar; a cicatrix.

7. (figurative) A line of junction; a joint.

verb

1. To put together with a seam.

   • Thus, seamed with many scars, / Bursting these prison bars, / Up to its native stars / My soul ascended!

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.

5. (cricket) Of the ball, to move sideways after bouncing on the seam.

6. (cricket) Of a bowler, to make the ball move thus.

noun

1. (historical) An old English measure of grain, containing eight bushels.

2. (historical) An old English measure of glass, containing twenty-four weys of five pounds, or 120 pounds.

noun

1. (UK, dialect, obsolete) Grease; tallow; lard.