transcription, транскрипция: [ si:m ]
( seams)
1.
A seam is a line of stitches which joins two pieces of cloth together.
N-COUNT
2.
A seam of coal is a long, narrow layer of it underneath the ground.
The average UK coal seam is one metre thick.
N-COUNT : usu with supp
3.
If something is coming apart at the seams or is falling apart at the seams , it is no longer working properly and may soon stop working completely.
Britain’s university system is in danger of falling apart at the seams.
PHRASE : V inflects
4.
If a place is very full, you can say that it is bursting at the seams .
The hotels of Warsaw, Prague and Budapest were bursting at the seams.
PHRASE : V inflects