seam/seem

seam (sēm)

Noun

• A line of junction formed by sewing together two pieces of material along their margins.
• A line across a surface, as a crack, fissure, or wrinkle.
• A thin layer or stratum, as of coal or rock.

Verb. _{^{seamed, seaming, seams.}}

Verb. Transitive

• To put together with or as if with a seam.
• To mark with a groove, wrinkle, scar, or other seamlike line.
• To form ridges in by purling.

Verb. Intransitive

• To become fissured or furrowed; crack open.
• To purl.

seem (sēm)

Verb. Intransitive _{^{seemed, seeming, seems.}}

• To give the impression of being; appear: The child seems healthy, but the doctor is concerned.
• To appear to one's own opinion or mind: I can't seem to get the story straight.
• To appear to be true, probable, or evident: It seems you object to the plan. It seems like rain. He seems to have worked in sales for several years.
• To appear to exist: There seems no reason to postpone it.