seaming

verb

present participle of seam
as in filing
to mark with or as if with a line or groove in fencing circles it is a mark of honor to have one's face seamed with saber cuts

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Recent Examples of seaming Be sure to overlap the cloth by several inches when seaming it. — Lee Wallender, The Spruce, 18 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for seaming
  1. filing
  2. scratching
  3. scribing
  4. grooving
Verb
  • McKinsey responded to his wife's court filing by requesting a domestic violence protection order against her and filing for divorce.
    — TERRY CHEA, Arkansas Online, 30 Sep. 2026
  • People would claim the Saver’s Match with a new Form 8880-A when filing their 2027 tax return in 2028, according to the IRS.
    — Sarah Agostino, CNBC, 29 Sep. 2026
Definition of filing
Verb
  • Perhaps that’s just a tactic of a contender behind in the polls and scratching away to be the first Republican to lead California since Arnold Schwarzenegger.
    — Dominic Patten, Deadline, 30 Sep. 2026
  • Baking soda’s mild abrasiveness helps scrub away light stains and grime without scratching your toilet bowl’s porcelain.
    — Asia London Palomba, The Spruce, 27 Sep. 2026
Definition of scratching
Verb
  • Neither of them knew how much work lay ahead, and Don was a perfectionist, scribing each new board to fit as snugly as a puzzle piece against the irregular stone walls.
    — Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 13 Aug. 2026
  • Meanwhile, the game has increasingly moved from scribing per se to revenue-cycle management, where health systems can see the financial payoff.
    — Amy Feldman, Forbes.com, 27 May 2026
Definition of scribing
Verb
  • Michael Goessling remembers being eight years old and grooving to The Doobie Brothers.
    — Lisa Respers France, CNN Money, 2 Oct. 2026
  • On Labor Day 2025, Zohran Kwame Mamdani enjoyed Brooklyn’s West Indian American Day Parade, grooving on various floats as an assemblyman representing Astoria, Queens.
    — Reshma B, VIBE.com, 7 Sep. 2026
Definition of grooving

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“Seaming.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/seaming. Accessed 5 Oct. 2026.

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