The Meaning of seam

• (v. t.) To form a seam upon or of; to join by sewing together; to unite.
• (v. t.) To mark with something resembling a seam; to line; to scar.
• (v. t.) 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.
• (v. i.) To become ridgy; to crack open.
• (n.) A denomination of weight or measure.
• (n.) The quantity of eight bushels of grain.
• (n.) The quantity of 120 pounds of glass.
• (n.) Grease; tallow; lard.
• (n.) The fold or line formed by sewing together two pieces of cloth or leather.
• (n.) Hence, a line of junction; a joint; a suture, as on a ship, a floor, or other structure; the line of union, or joint, of two boards, planks, metal plates, etc.
• (n.) A thin layer or stratum; a narrow vein between two thicker strata; as, a seam of coal.
• (n.) A line or depression left by a cut or wound; a scar; a cicatrix.

Synonyms

wrinkle , furrow , crease , crinkle , line , bed

Homophones

seem , siem

Rhymes

academe , agleam , avrim , basim , beahm , beam , beem , bireme , bleam , bloodstream , bream , chromakalim , cream , creme , daelim , daydream , deam , deem , diehm , downstream , dream , episteme , esteem , extreme , fleam , gleam , gleim , greim , grieme , hakim , hapoalim , haradim , ibrahim , joachim , karim , keim , liem , mainstream , maxime , midstream , mneme , moonbeam , passim , pezim , priem , raheem , rahim , ream , redeem , regime , reim , sarofim , scheme , scream , seem , sephardim , siem , steam , stream , sunbeam , supreme , team , teem , theme , thieme , upstream , vadim , ziehm