unseam en · VERB
Pronunciation
- /ʌnˈsiːm/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /ɐnˈsiːm/ (Australia, New-Zealand)
- /ʌnˈsim/ (Canada, General-American)
Etymology
From un- + seam.
Meanings
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(transitive) To open the seam or seams of; to rip; to cut open.
Till he unseam'd him from the nave to th' chaps, and fix'd his head upon our battlements.
c. 1606 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Macbeth”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene ii]:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| unseams | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| unseamed | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| unseamed | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| unseaming | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |