seam
A folded-back and stitched piece of fabricA folded-back and stitched piece of fabric; especially, the stitching that joins two or more pieces of fabric.
» My jeans ripped at the seams.
Мои джинсы порвались по швам.
Meaning
10 sensesA folded-back and stitched piece of fabric; especially, the stitching that joins two or more pieces of fabric.
Saum, Naht
шовšov
шовšov
A suture.
Naht
шовšov
A thin stratum, especially of an economically viable material such as coal or mineral.
Flöz, Schicht
флецflec
пластplast, про́шарокpróšarok
a stratum of ore or coal thick enough to be mined with profit
The stitched equatorial seam of a cricket ball; the sideways movement of a ball when it bounces on the seam.
A joint formed by mating two separate sections of materials.
Seams can be made or sealed in a variety of ways, including adhesive bonding, hot-air welding, solvent welding, using adhesive tapes, sealant, etc.
joint consisting of a line formed by joining two pieces
A line or depression left by a cut or wound; a scar; a cicatrix.
Narbe
рубецrubec
(figuratively)A line of junction; a joint.
(historical)An old English measure of grain, containing eight bushels.
(historical)An old English measure of glass, containing twenty-four weys of five pounds, or 120 pounds.
(UK, dialectal, obsolete, uncountable)Grease; tallow; lard.
Examples
15 sentencesMy jeans ripped at the seams.
ruМои джинсы порвались по швам.
The cinema is bursting at the seams.
ruКинотеатр набит битком.
A seam on the blanket has unraveled.
ruШов одеяла распоролся.
Reality is ripping apart at the seams.
His clothes were bursting at the seams.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English seem, seme, from Old English sēam (“seam”), from Proto-West Germanic *From Middle English seem, seme, from Old English sēam (“seam”), from Proto-West Germanic *saum, from Proto-Germanic *saumaz (“that which is sewn”).
From Old English sēam (“a burden”), from Latin sagma (“saddle”).
From Middle English seym (“grease”), from Old French saim (“fat”). Compare French saindoux (“lard”).
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