seam
/ˈsiːm/ verb C2- To put together with a seam.
- 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.
- To mark with a seam or line; to scar.
- To crack open along a seam.
- Of the ball, to move sideways after bouncing on the seam.
- Of a bowler, to make the ball move thus.
He/she/it seams · Past seamed · Past participle seamed · -ing form seaming
Verb forms
- Base form
- seam
- He/she/it
- seams
- Past
- seamed
- Past participle
- seamed
- -ing form
- seaming
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It’s just one little seam after another and you never seem to be getting anywhere.
Over the rocks, in the crevice of which the candle burned, there was thrust out an evil yellow face, a terrible animal face, all seamed and scored with vile passions.
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