seam
US: /ˈsim/
UK: /sˈiːm/
UK: /sˈiːm/
English Vietnamese dictionary
seam /si:m/
- danh từ
- đường may nổi
- vết sẹo
- đường phân giới
- (giải phẫu) sự khâu nổi vết thương; đường khâu nổi vết thương
- lớp (than đá, quặng...); vỉa than
- ngoại động từ
- ((thường) động tính từ quá khứ) có nhiều đường khâu; có nhiều sẹo (mặt)
- face seamed with scars: mặt chằng chịt những sẹo
- (từ hiếm,nghĩa hiếm) khâu nối lại, máy nối lại
- ((thường) động tính từ quá khứ) có nhiều đường khâu; có nhiều sẹo (mặt)
Advanced English dictionary
+ noun
1 a line along which two edges of fabric, etc. are joined or sewn together: a shoulder seam
2 a thin layer of coal or other material, between layers of rock under the ground: They struck a rich seam of iron ore. + (figurative) The book is a rich seam of information.
3 a line where two edges meet, for example the edges of wooden boards: Light was spilling in through the seams of the door.
Idioms: be bursting / bulging at the seams (informal) to be very full, especially of people
be falling / coming apart at the seams (informal) to be going very badly wrong and likely to stop functioning completely: She was falling apart at the seams, spending most of her time in tears. + His little world fell apart at the seams.
more at FRAY v.
Thesaurus dictionary
n.
1 junction, juncture, joint, suture, Technical commissure; scar, ridge, line, cicatrix:
It is easy enough to see the seam where the parts meet.
2 lode, vein, stratum, bed, layer, thickness:
The miners have been working on a new seam discovered at the end of Tunnel 4.
Collocation dictionary
1 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.
2 of coal, etc.
ADJ.
coal | rich
They're still mining a rich seam of high-grade coal.
VERB + SEAM
mine
Concise English dictionary
seams|seamed|seamingsɪːm
noun
+joint consisting of a line formed by joining two pieces
+a slight depression in the smoothness of a surface
+a stratum of ore or coal thick enough to be mined with profit
verb
+put together with a seam
