Hem vs. Seam

Hem and Seam Definitions
Hem
An edge or border on a piece of cloth, especially a finished edge, as for a garment or curtain, made by folding an edge under and stitching it down.
Seam
A line of junction formed by sewing together two pieces of material along their margins.
Hem
The height or level of the bottom edge of a skirt, dress, or coat; a hemline.
Seam
A similar line, ridge, or groove made by fitting, joining, or lapping together two sections along their edges.
Hem
A short cough or clearing of the throat made especially to gain attention, warn another, hide embarrassment, or fill a pause in speech.
Seam
A suture.
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Hem
To fold back and stitch down the edge of.
Seam
A scar.
Hem
To surround and shut in; enclose
A valley hemmed in by mountains.
Seam
A line across a surface, as a crack, fissure, or wrinkle.
Hem
To utter a hem.
Seam
A thin layer or stratum, as of coal or rock.
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Hem
To hesitate in speech.
Seam
To put together with or as if with a seam.
Hem
Used to fill in the gap of a pause with a vocalized sound.
Seam
To mark with a groove, wrinkle, scar, or other seamlike line.
Hem
An utterance or sound of the voice like "hem", often indicative of hesitation or doubt, sometimes used to call attention.
Seam
To become fissured or furrowed; crack open.
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Hem
(sewing) The border of an article of clothing doubled back and stitched together to finish the edge and prevent it from fraying.
Seam
(sewing) A folded-back and stitched piece of fabric; especially, the stitching that joins two or more pieces of fabric.
Hem
A rim or margin of something.
Seam
A suture.
Hem
In sheet metal design, a rim or edge folded back on itself to create a smooth edge and to increase strength or rigidity.
Seam
(geology) A thin stratum, especially of an economically viable material such as coal or mineral.
Hem
To make the sound expressed by the word hem; to hesitate in speaking.
Seam
(cricket) The stitched equatorial seam of a cricket ball; the sideways movement of a ball when it bounces on the seam.
Hem
To make a hem.
Seam
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.
Hem
(transitive) To put hem on an article of clothing, to edge or put a border on something.
Seam
A line or depression left by a cut or wound; a scar; a cicatrix.
Hem
(transitive) To shut in, enclose, confine; to surround something or someone in a confining way.
A small yard hemmed about by a tall hedge.
Seam
(figurative) A line of junction; a joint.
Hem
Obsolete form of 'em
Seam
(historical) An old English measure of grain, containing eight bushels.
Hem
Them
Seam
(historical) An old English measure of glass, containing twenty-four weys of five pounds, or 120 pounds.
Hem
An onomatopoetic word used as an expression of hesitation, doubt, etc. It is often a sort of voluntary half cough, loud or subdued, and would perhaps be better expressed by hm.
Cough or cry hem, if anybody come.
Seam
Grease; tallow; lard.
Hem
An utterance or sound of the voice, hem or hm, often indicative of hesitation or doubt, sometimes used to call attention.
Seam
To put together with a seam.
Hem
The edge or border of a garment or cloth, doubled over and sewed, to strengthen it and prevent raveling.
Seam
To make the appearance of a seam in, as in knitting a stocking; hence, to knit with a certain stitch, like that in such knitting.
Hem
Border; edge; margin.
Seam
To mark with a seam or line; to scar.
Hem
A border made on sheet-metal ware by doubling over the edge of the sheet, to stiffen it and remove the sharp edge.
Seam
To crack open along a seam.
Hem
To make the sound expressed by the word hem; hence, to hesitate in speaking.
Seam
(cricket) Of the ball, to move sideways after bouncing on the seam.
Hem
To form a hem or border to; to fold and sew down the edge of.
Seam
(cricket) Of a bowler, to make the ball move thus.
Hem
To border; to edge
All the skirt aboutWas hemmed with golden fringe.
Seam
Grease; tallow; lard.
Hem
Lap that forms a cloth border doubled back and stitched down
Seam
The fold or line formed by sewing together two pieces of cloth or leather.
Hem
Fold over and sew together to provide with a hem;
Hem my skirt
Seam
Hence, a line of junction; a joint; a suture, as on a ship, a floor, or other structure; the line of union, or joint, of two boards, planks, metal plates, etc.
Precepts should be so finely wrought together . . . that no coarse seam may discover where they join.
Hem
Utter `hem' or `ahem'
Seam
A thin layer or stratum; a narrow vein between two thicker strata; as, a seam of coal.
Seam
A line or depression left by a cut or wound; a scar; a cicatrix.
Seam
A denomination of weight or measure.
Seam
To form a seam upon or of; to join by sewing together; to unite.
Seam
To mark with something resembling a seam; to line; to scar.
Seamed o'er with wounds which his own saber gave.
Seam
To make the appearance of a seam in, as in knitting a stocking; hence, to knit with a certain stitch, like that in such knitting.
Seam
To become ridgy; to crack open.
Later their lips began to parch and seam.
Seam
Joint consisting of a line formed by joining two pieces
Seam
A slight depression in the smoothness of a surface;
His face has many lines
Ironing gets rid of most wrinkles
Seam
A stratum of ore or coal thick enough to be mined with profit;
He worked in the coal beds
Seam
Put together with a seam;
Seam a dress