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What (who) is SEAMS - definition
WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
SEAM; Seams; Seam (disambiguation)
seam
(seams)
1.
A seam is a line of stitches which joins two pieces of cloth together.
N-COUNT
2.
A seam of coal is a long, narrow layer of it underneath the ground.
The average UK coal seam is one metre thick.
N-COUNT: usu with supp
3.
If something is coming apart at the seams or is falling apart at the seams, it is no longer working properly and may soon stop working completely.
Britain's university system is in danger of falling apart at the seams.
PHRASE: V inflects
4.
If a place is very full, you can say that it is bursting at the seams.
The hotels of Warsaw, Prague and Budapest were bursting at the seams.
PHRASE: V inflects
seam
I. n.
1.
Suture, commissure, joint, line of juncture.
2.
Fissure, crevice.
3.
(Mining.) Thin layer, stratum, or bed; narrow vein.
4.
Scar, cicatrice, cicatrix.
II. v. a.
1.
Unite, join together.
2.
Scar, mark with a cicatrix, line.
seam
n.
1) to let out; rip open, tear open a seam
2) (misc.) (to come apart) at the seams (also fig.)
Examples of use of SEAMS
1. Occasionally, The Unteachables creaks at the seams.
2. The seams come apart and it‘s full of powdered glass.
3. Patricia Edwards‘ home is virtually bursting at the seams.
4. But multilateral peacekeeping is straining at the seams too.
5. Reception centres are bursting at the seams on Tenerife.