seam: [OE] A seam is etymologically a joint made by ‘sewing’. The word goes back to a prehistoric Germanic *saumaz (source also of German saum, Dutch zoom, Swedish söm, and Danish søm), which was derived from the base *sau-, the ancestor of English sew. => sew
seam (n.)
Old English seam "seam, suture, junction," from Proto-Germanic *saumaz (cognates: Old Frisian sam "hem, seam," Old Norse saumr, Middle Dutch som, Dutch zoom, Old High German soum, German Saum "hem"), from PIE root *syu- "to sew, to bind" (cognates: Old English siwian, Latin suere, Sanskrit syuman; see sew).
Chidynge and reproche ... vnsowen the semes of freendshipe in mannes herte. [Chaucer, "Parson's Tale," c. 1386]
Meaning "raised band of stitching on a ball" is recorded from 1888. Geological use is from 1590s.
seam (v.)
1580s, from seam (n.). Related: Seamed; seaming.
中文解释
1. 没有他(t)堵住缝隙，蒸汽(steam)就会从缝隙(seam)中漏出去。这里好象（seem）有接缝（seam）2. Latin sutus, past participle of suere "to sew" => sew, suture, seam.3. sew => seam.4. 区分：seem, seam: 看到但是看得不真切的东西才是好像，所seem的前面是see；而seam的前面是sea, 而sea很像是各个大陆板块的接缝、裂缝。5. seam【细么】缝;接缝6. 谐音“丝么、丝缪、丝抹”。7. 谐音“撕幕”----撕裂的幕，需要缝补。