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What (who) is seam - definition
WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
SEAM; Seams; Seam (disambiguation)
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
(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
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 seam
1. His emphasis on flexible work could mine a rich seam.
2. "That‘s a seam you cannot allow to exist," she said.
3. Frigid liquid seeps into the seam of my left boot.
4. "That seam was getting thinner and thinner and thinner.
5. "Now, we‘ll just rivet this seam right up," he said.