seam

1. 1.

   put together with a seam

   “seam a dress”

   Broaderjoin

   Narrowersuture

Other forms of seam

plural

seams·

past tense

seamed·

present participle

seaming·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about seam

What does seam mean?

seam means "joint consisting of a line formed by joining two pieces". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in seam?

seam has 1 syllable: seam. In IPA it is /ˈsim/.

What is another word for seam?

Close synonyms include wrinkle, furrow, crease, crinkle, line. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is seam a common word?

seam is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with seam?

2 words rhyme with seam. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.