inseam

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/ˈɪnsiːm//ɪnˈsiːm/

noun

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

OriginEnglish seam ← Middle English in- ← Old English in- →
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Meanings

nouninseam (plural inseams)

plural inseams

  1. The seam of a trouser up the inside of the leg.
verbinseam (third-person singular simple present inseams, present participle inseaming, simple past and past participle inseamed)

present singular third person inseams · participle present inseaming · participle past inseamed · past inseamed

  1. transitiveTo fit (trousers) with an inseam.
  2. transitiveTo 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

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
  2. Proto-Germanic*in
  3. Old Englishin-
  4. Middle Englishin-
  5. Englishin-
  6. Englishseam
  7. Englishinseam

From in- + seam.

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Translations

Basque hankarte, iztarte
  • hankarteThe seam of a trouser
  • iztarteThe seam of a trouser
  • istapeThe seam of a trouser
French entrejambe
  • entrejambeThe seam of a trouser
Japanese 股下
  • 股下 (matashita)The seam of a trouser
Spanish entrepierna, entrecostura
  • entrepiernaThe seam of a trouser
  • entrecosturaThe seam of a trouser

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with inseam

teamstreamprimeseemdreamextremeschemesupremebeamsteamredeemregimeupstreamscreamesteemdownstreamseamdeemKarimneemhemeacademegleambream
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Anagrams

AmiensmainesSinemaEismanIsemanEmsian
Cite this entry
APA

inseam. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/inseam

MLA

“inseam.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/inseam. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “inseam,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/inseam.

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