seam
[noun]
Synonyms:
- joint, closure
- layer, lode, stratum, vein
- ridge, furrow, line, wrinkle

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Related Words: bond

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

seam /siːm/ noun [countable]
[Language: Old English]

1. a line where two pieces of cloth, leather etc have been stitched together:
She was repairing Billy’s trousers, where the seam had come undone.
Join the shoulder seams together.

2. a layer of a mineral under the ground
seam of coal/iron etc

3. be coming/falling apart at the seams
a) if a plan, organization etc is coming apart at the seams, so many things are going wrong with it that it will probably fail:
The health service seems to be falling apart at the seams.
b) if a piece of clothing is coming apart at the seams, the stitches on it are coming unfastened

4. be bursting/bulging at the seams if a room or building is bursting at the seams, it is so full of people that hardly anyone else can fit into it

5. a (rich) seam of something a thing, place, or group from which a type of thing can be obtained:
The 466-page book is a rich seam of statistical information.

6. a line where two pieces of metal, wood etc have been joined together

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

seam
noun
I. in fabric
VERB + SEAM sew, stitch, tack She sewed the seam with small neat stitches.
unpick It took hours to unpick the seams.
iron, press
PHRASES be bursting at the seams (often figurative) The film is bursting at the seams with good performances.
come/fall apart at the seams (often figurative) Their marriage was coming apart at the seams.

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

seam
II. of coal, etc.
ADJ. coal | rich They're still mining a rich seam of high-grade coal.
VERB + SEAM mine

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

seam
si:m
See: burst at the seams

[TahlilGaran] English Idioms Dictionary ▲