| seam | | |
| n. (artifact) | 1. seam | joint consisting of a line formed by joining two pieces. |
| ~ felled seam, fell | seam made by turning under or folding together and stitching the seamed materials to avoid rough edges. |
| ~ joint | junction by which parts or objects are joined together. |
| ~ surgical seam, suture | a seam used in surgery. |
| ~ welt | a raised or strengthened seam. |
| n. (shape) | 2. crease, crinkle, furrow, line, seam, wrinkle | a slight depression in the smoothness of a surface.; "his face has many lines"; "ironing gets rid of most wrinkles" |
| ~ cutis, skin, tegument | a natural protective body covering and site of the sense of touch.; "your skin is the largest organ of your body" |
| ~ imprint, impression, depression | a concavity in a surface produced by pressing.; "he left the impression of his fingers in the soft mud" |
| ~ crow's feet, crow's foot, laugh line | a wrinkle in the skin at the outer corner of your eyes. |
| ~ dermatoglyphic | the lines that form patterns on the skin (especially on the fingertips and the palms of the hands and the soles of the feet). |
| ~ frown line | a facial wrinkle associated with frowning. |
| ~ life line, lifeline, line of life | a crease on the palm; its length is said by palmists to indicate how long you will live. |
| ~ heart line, line of heart, love line, mensal line | a crease on the palm; palmists say it indicates your emotional nature. |
| ~ line of destiny, line of fate, line of saturn | a crease on the palm; palmists say it indicates how successful you will be. |
| n. (location) | 3. bed, seam | a stratum of ore or coal thick enough to be mined with profit.; "he worked in the coal beds" |
| ~ stratum | one of several parallel layers of material arranged one on top of another (such as a layer of tissue or cells in an organism or a layer of sedimentary rock). |
| ~ coal seam | a seam of coal. |
| v. (contact) | 4. seam | put together with a seam.; "seam a dress" |
| ~ bring together, join | cause to become joined or linked.; "join these two parts so that they fit together" |
| ~ suture | join with a suture.; "suture the wound after surgery" |
| sewing stitch | | |
| n. (artifact) | 1. embroidery stitch, sewing stitch | a stitch made with thread and a threaded sewing needle through fabric or leather. |
| ~ backstitch | an overlapping stitch made by starting the next stitch at the middle of the preceding one. |
| ~ bargello, flame stitch | needlepoint embroidery stitch that produces zigzag lines. |
| ~ baste, basting, basting stitch, tacking | a loose temporary sewing stitch to hold layers of fabric together. |
| ~ blanket stitch | a strong reinforcing stitch for edges of blanket and other thick material; similar to buttonhole stitch. |
| ~ buttonhole stitch | a reinforcing looped stitch for edges, as around a buttonhole. |
| ~ chain stitch | a looped stitch resembling the links of a chain; used in embroidery and in sewing. |
| ~ cross-stitch | two stitches forming a cross or X. |
| ~ faggot stitch, fagot stitch | the stitch that ties a group of parallel threads together in fagoting. |
| ~ french knot | a stitch made by looping the thread several times around the needle before inserting it into the fabric. |
| ~ gros point | a needlepoint stitch covering two horizontal and two vertical threads. |
| ~ hemming-stitch | a stitch used in sewing hems on skirts and dresses. |
| ~ hemstitch, hemstitching | a stitch in which parallel threads are drawn and exposed threads are caught together in groups. |
| ~ machine stitch, sewing-machine stitch | a sewing stitch made by a sewing machine, sometimes using more than one thread. |
| ~ overhand stitch | a stitch passing over an edge vertically. |
| ~ petit point, tent stitch | a small diagonal needlepoint stitch. |
| ~ picot | an edging of small loops, as on lace or ribbon. |
| ~ quilting | stitching through layers of fabric and a filling so as to create a design. |
| ~ running stitch | small, even, hand stitches run in and out. |
| ~ saddle stitch | a decorative overcast or running stitch, especially in a contrasting color. |
| ~ satin stitch | flat stitches worked so closely as to resemble satin. |
| ~ slip stitch | a loose stitch catching only a thread or two of fabric; designed to be invisible from the right side. |
| ~ stitch | a link or loop or knot made by an implement in knitting, crocheting, embroidery, or sewing. |
| ~ tailor's tack | a loose, looped, sewing stitch used to transfer marking for darts, etc., from a pattern to material. |
| ~ whipstitch, whipstitching, whipping | a sewing stitch passing over an edge diagonally. |
| suture | | |
| n. (body) | 1. fibrous joint, sutura, suture | an immovable joint (especially between the bones of the skull). |
| ~ coronal suture, sutura coronalis | the suture between the parietal and frontal bones of the skull. |
| ~ frontal suture, sutura frontalis | the suture between two halves of the frontal bone (usually obliterated by the age of 6). |
| ~ intermaxillary suture, sutura intermaxillaris | the suture between the two maxillae of the upper jawbone. |
| ~ internasal suture, sutura internasalis | the suture between the two nasal bones. |
| ~ lamboid suture, sutura lamboidea | the suture between the occipital and parietal bones. |
| ~ occipitomastoid suture | the suture between the occipital and the temporal bones; a continuation of the lamboid suture. |
| ~ parietomastoid suture | the suture between the parietal and the temporal bones. |
| ~ interparietal suture, sagittal suture, sutura sagittalis | the suture uniting the two parietal bones. |
| ~ articulatio, joint, articulation | (anatomy) the point of connection between two bones or elements of a skeleton (especially if it allows motion). |
| n. (artifact) | 2. surgical seam, suture | a seam used in surgery. |
| ~ seam | joint consisting of a line formed by joining two pieces. |
| n. (artifact) | 3. suture | thread of catgut or silk or wire used by surgeons to stitch tissues together. |
| ~ catgut, gut | a strong cord made from the intestines of sheep and used in surgery. |
| ~ thread, yarn | a fine cord of twisted fibers (of cotton or silk or wool or nylon etc.) used in sewing and weaving. |
| v. (contact) | 4. suture | join with a suture.; "suture the wound after surgery" |
| ~ seam | put together with a seam.; "seam a dress" |
| stitch | | |
| n. (artifact) | 1. stitch | a link or loop or knot made by an implement in knitting, crocheting, embroidery, or sewing. |
| ~ crochet stitch | any one of a number of stitches made by pulling a loop of yarn through another loop with a crochet needle. |
| ~ knitting stitch | a stitch taken in knitting. |
| ~ stitchery, sewing | needlework on which you are working with needle and thread.; "she put her sewing back in the basket" |
| ~ embroidery stitch, sewing stitch | a stitch made with thread and a threaded sewing needle through fabric or leather. |
| n. (state) | 2. stitch | a sharp spasm of pain in the side resulting from running. |
| ~ hurting, pain | a symptom of some physical hurt or disorder.; "the patient developed severe pain and distension" |
| v. (contact) | 3. run up, sew, sew together, stitch | fasten by sewing; do needlework. |
| ~ conjoin, join | make contact or come together.; "The two roads join here" |
| ~ hem | fold over and sew together to provide with a hem.; "hem my skirt" |
| ~ resew | sew again.; "The cuff of the coat had been resewn" |
| ~ overcast | sew with an overcast stitch from one section to the next.; "overcast books" |
| ~ overcast | sew over the edge of with long slanting wide stitches. |
| ~ backstitch | do backstitches. |
| ~ pucker, tuck, gather | draw together into folds or puckers. |
| ~ finedraw | sew together very finely. |
| ~ fell | sew a seam by folding the edges. |
| ~ baste, tack | sew together loosely, with large stitches.; "baste a hem" |
| ~ hemstitch | sew with hemstitches.; "hemstitch a sleeve" |
| ~ retick, tick | sew.; "tick a mattress" |
| ~ fasten, fix, secure | cause to be firmly attached.; "fasten the lock onto the door"; "she fixed her gaze on the man" |
| ~ cast on | make the first row of stitches when knitting. |
| ~ cast off | make the last row of stitches when knitting. |
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