English Dictionary

seam

IPA（発音記号）

/siːm/

名詞

比喩的用法

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

日本語の意味

縫い目：布や生地などを縫い合わせた際にできる、折り返し部分や接合部分。 / 縫合部：外科などでの意味合いとして、縫い合わせることで閉じる部分（sutureの意味に対応）。

She ironed the seam flat before hemming the dress.

彼女は裾を縫う前に、ドレスの縫い目をアイロンで平らにした。

意味（1）

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

Mind you, clothes were clothes in those days. […] Frills, ruffles, flounces, lace, complicated seams and gores: not only did they sweep the ground and have to be held up in one hand elegantly as you walked along, but they had little capes or coats or feather boas.

意味（2）

A suture.

意味（3）

(geology) A thin stratum, especially of an economically viable material such as coal or mineral.

意味（4）

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

意味（5）

(construction, nautical) 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.

意味（6）

A line or depression left by a cut or wound; a scar; a cicatrix.

意味（7）

(figuratively) A line of junction; a joint.

Precepts should be so finely wrought together […] that no coarse seam may discover where they join.

seams （ plural ）