Seam
noun
A line where two pieces of fabric are sewn together.
Maria stitched the seam of her dress carefully.
Often appears as...
- seam allowance
- inseam
noun
A layer or vein of minerals or coal underground.
Coal miners dug deep underground to the coal seam.
Often appears as...
- coal seam
- seam miner
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Technical
verb
To join with a seam.
She seamed the two pieces of fabric together.
Often appears as...
- seamed edges
- seamed together
noun
A tube or pipe providing vent or small opening.
The steam was released through a narrow seam in the pressure cooker.
Often appears as...
- seam of vent
- seam of pipe
Usage tips
Technical
noun
A long, narrow mark formed on the surface that looks like a line of stitches.
A car hit a tree and left a seam on the trunk.
Often appears as...
- visible seam
- seam on surface
noun
A line where two pieces of fabric are sewn together.
Maria stitched the seam of her dress carefully.
Often appears as...
- seam allowance
- inseam
noun
A layer or vein of minerals or coal underground.
Coal miners dug deep underground to the coal seam.
Often appears as...
- coal seam
- seam miner
Usage tips
Technical
verb
To join with a seam.
She seamed the two pieces of fabric together.
Often appears as...
- seamed edges
- seamed together
noun
A tube or pipe providing vent or small opening.
The steam was released through a narrow seam in the pressure cooker.
Often appears as...
- seam of vent
- seam of pipe
Usage tips
Technical
noun
A long, narrow mark formed on the surface that looks like a line of stitches.
A car hit a tree and left a seam on the trunk.
Often appears as...
- visible seam
- seam on surface
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Pro Tip 1/3Sewing Reference
Understand 'seam' as a vital sewing term, referring to where fabric edges meet and are stitched.
Check the seam for symmetry before trimming any excess material.
Pro Tip 2/3Clothing Construction
'Seam' is key in clothing design, indicating the lines where fabric pieces form a garment.
The dress fits well because the seams follow her body's curves accurately.
Pro Tip 3/3Metaphorical Use
'Seam' can metaphorically express two closely joined ideas or blended elements.
The novel's narrative seams real life with fantasy seamlessly.
Pro Tip 1/3Sewing Reference
Understand 'seam' as a vital sewing term, referring to where fabric edges meet and are stitched.
Check the seam for symmetry before trimming any excess material.
Pro Tip 2/3Clothing Construction
'Seam' is key in clothing design, indicating the lines where fabric pieces form a garment.
The dress fits well because the seams follow her body's curves accurately.
Pro Tip 3/3Metaphorical Use
'Seam' can metaphorically express two closely joined ideas or blended elements.
The novel's narrative seams real life with fantasy seamlessly.
Pro Tip 1/3Sewing Reference
Understand 'seam' as a vital sewing term, referring to where fabric edges meet and are stitched.
Check the seam for symmetry before trimming any excess material.
Pro Tip 2/3Clothing Construction
'Seam' is key in clothing design, indicating the lines where fabric pieces form a garment.
The dress fits well because the seams follow her body's curves accurately.
Pro Tip 3/3Metaphorical Use
'Seam' can metaphorically express two closely joined ideas or blended elements.
The novel's narrative seams real life with fantasy seamlessly.
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much better than before. And by wrapping the world in such seamless physical and digital connectivity, we evolve towards a world in which people can rise above their geographic constraints. We are the cells and vessels pulsing through these global connectivity networks.
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Tilda Swinton
English Actress
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Jason Witten
American Football Player
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Marshall Curry
American Director
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Tye Sheridan
American Actor
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American Athlete
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Athlete
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American Writer
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Pattie Maes
American Educator
I've been intrigued by this question of whether we could evolve or develop a sixth sense - a sense that would give us seamless access and easy access to meta-information or information that may exist somewhere that may be relevant to help us make the right decision about whatever it is that we're coming across.
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Tilda Swinton
English Actress
For a lot of actors, there's a sort of code of honor around playing something other than yourself, which I just don't have. I love feeling like I'm - I won't even say acting out, but performing in some deep seam of my consciousness or my family's consciousness or my past. That's really amusing to me.
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Jason Witten
American Football Player
You want to be able to run seam routes and do all that, but to have something that you can hang your hat on and know that it's going to convert first downs, that's what tight ends are paid to do. And I've certainly taken a lot of pride in that over the years.
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Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Colombian Novelist
I don't know who said that novelists read the novels of others only to figure out how they are written. I believe it's true. We aren't satisfied with the secrets exposed on the surface of the page: we turn the book around to find the seams.
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Marshall Curry
American Director
The first time you watch a movie that you like, all of the magic works on you. It's an experience of having a world unfold in front of you. But if you watch it again, you start to see where the seams are.
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Tye Sheridan
American Actor
As an actor, I always wondered what it would be like to watch an animated character with your voice behind it and see if it seems seamless or if it seems like your voice is isolated from the animation.
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Josh Rosen
American Athlete
I want to get my MBA. I want to create my own business. When I'm finished with football, I want a seamless transition to life and work and what I've dreamed about doing all my life.
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James Collins
Athlete
And an integrated life is one where you're able to fit the different pieces of your life together in seamless fashion.
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Gerald Vizenor
American Writer
Mixed-bloods loosen the seams in the shrouds of identities.
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Nicholas Negroponte
American Businessman
The laptop brings back a more seamless kind of learning.
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