inseam
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (noun) IPA(key): /ˈɪnsiːm/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
- (verb) IPA(key): /ɪnˈsiːm/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
Noun[edit]
inseam (plural inseams)
Translations[edit]
The seam of a trouser
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Verb[edit]
inseam (third-person singular simple present inseams, present participle inseaming, simple past and past participle inseamed)
- (transitive) To fit (trousers) with an inseam.
- (transitive) To impress or mark with a seam or cicatrix.
- 1726, Homer, “Book XIX”, in [Elijah Fenton], transl., The Odyssey of Homer. […], volume IV, London: […] Bernard Lintot, →OCLC:
- Deep o'er his knee inseam'd, remain'd the scar