Definizione monolingua

seam

seam (third-person singular simple present seams, present participle seaming, simple past and past participle seamed)

1. To put together with a seam.
2. To mark with a seam.
3. To crack open along a seam.
4. (cricket) Of the ball, to move sideways after bouncing on the seam.
5. (cricket) Of a bowler, to make the ball move thus.

seam (plural seams)

1. (sewing) A folded back and stitched piece of fabric; especially, the stitching that joins two or more pieces of fabric.
2. A suture.
3. A thin stratum, especially of coal or mineral.
4. (cricket) The stitched equatorial seam of a cricket ball; the sideways movement of a ball when it bounces on the seam.
5. An old English measure of grain, containing eight bushels.
6. An old English measure of glass, containing twenty-four weys of five pounds, or 120 pounds.
   • 1952: As white glass was 6s. the seam, containing 24 weys (pise, or pondera) of 5 lb., and 2 1/2 lb. was reckoned sufficient to make one foot of glazing, the cost of glass would be 1 1/2d. leaving 2 1/2d. for labour. — L. F. Salzman|, Building in England, p. 175.
7. (Construction) A joint formed by mating two separate sections of materials. Seams can be made or sealed in a varity of ways, including adhesive bonding, hot-air welding, solvent welding, using adhesive tapes, sealant, etc.

Definizione dizionario seam

aggraffatura

bordo

cicatrice

costura

cucire

cucito

cucitura

filone

frontiera

giunto

giunzione

orlo

saldatura

scanalatura

strato

sutura

vena

vivagno

Altri significati:

thin stratum of mineral

(sewing) A folded back and stitched piece of fabric; especially, the stitching that joins two or more pieces of fabric.

To crack open along a seam.

folded back and stitched piece of fabric

suture

To mark with a seam.

A thin stratum, especially of coal or mineral.

To put together with a seam.

(cricket) The stitched equatorial seam of a cricket ball; the sideways movement of a ball when it bounces on the seam.

(cricket) Of the ball, to move sideways after bouncing on the seam.

(Construction) A joint formed by mating two separate sections of materials. Seams can be made or sealed in a varity of ways, including adhesive bonding, hot-air welding, solvent welding, using adhesive tapes, sealant, etc.

A suture.

(cricket) Of a bowler, to make the ball move thus.

An old English measure of glass, containing twenty-four weys of five pounds, or 120 pounds.

An old English measure of grain, containing eight bushels.