Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

Find a word or form any language English German Search

inseam en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈɪnsiːm/
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in-bor. Middle English in- English in- English seam English inseam From in- + seam.

Meanings

1. The seam of a trouser up the inside of the leg.

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
inseams	Number=Plur		lexicographic

Translations (2)

es entrecostura (The seam of a trouser) · es entrepierna (The seam of a trouser)

inseam en · VERB

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ɪnˈsiːm/

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in-bor. Middle English in- English in- English seam English inseam From in- + seam.

Meanings

1. (transitive) To fit (trousers) with an inseam.
2. (transitive) To impress or mark with a seam or cicatrix.
   • Deep o'er his knee inseam'd, remain'd the scar 1726, Homer, “Book XIX”, in [Elijah Fenton], transl., The Odyssey of Homer. […], volume IV, London: […] Bernard Lintot, →OCLC:

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
inseaming	Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part		lexicographic
inseams	Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres		lexicographic
inseamed	Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part		lexicographic
inseamed	Tense=Past		lexicographic

Relateds

calf · thigh · ankle