Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun An obsolete spelling of seem, seam.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Linguistics) A linguistic sign.
  • noun (Linguistics) A basic component of meaning of a morpheme, especially one which cannot be decomposed into more basic components; a primitive concept.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • verb Obsolete form of seem.
  • noun linguistics, semiotics Anything which serves for any purpose as a substitute for an object of which it is, in some sense, a representation or sign.
  • adjective Obsolete form of semée.
  • noun An active or dominant male character in a same-sex relationship; a top.
  • noun Obsolete form of seam.

Etymologies

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From Japanese 攻める (semeru, "to attack").

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Examples

  • Also, he is voiced by Koyasu Takehito who is well-known as seme seiyu.

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  • En plus, pas question de casser mon image "seme"!!

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  • As is usually the case with Higuri yaoi (or near-yaoi), the gorgeous art and weird nuances are carrying me past the sordid but strangely listless seme-uke shenanigans between Ludwig and his devoted manservant.

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  • The collar in Wyatt's poem declares:"Noli me tangere, for Cesars I ame;And wylde for to hold, though I seme tame."

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  • As is usually the case with Higuri yaoi (or near-yaoi), the gorgeous art and weird nuances are carrying me past the sordid but strangely listless seme-uke shenanigans between Ludwig and his devoted manservant.

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  • June 22, 2010 at 6:06 am ai seme tu hav a ober eggsitid ‘a’ key.

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  • Mommeez awlrite…daddeez awlrite…dey jus seme eh littul weerd…

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  • The same acts of endearment, The seme lifting the Uke into his arms, while the Uke receives this with a bit of surprise and a bit of joy.

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  • 1. (linguistics, semiotics) Anything which serves for any purpose as a substitute for an object of which it is, in some sense, a representation or sign.

    2. Sprinkled or sown; -- said of field, or a charge, when strewed or covered with small charges.

    3. Covered with many small, identical figures.

    Grabbed from three dictionaries.

    Like an olde "seem", this word feels as if it were sigil + meme.

    September 5, 2008

  • The heraldic sense 2/3 is semé. A field may be described as e.g. semé of lozenges. If the object is a fleur-de-lis the word semé-de-lis is used.

    September 5, 2008

  • pl. semata

    October 21, 2011

  • I miss qroqqa.

    October 21, 2011

  • Loads of People I knw and most of my mates seme to be going to Watch PARANORMAL ACTIVITY 3 tonight The franchise needs to die !!

    And you need to learn to spele.

    October 21, 2011

  • “Extraño ser seme T__T *se va a buscar algún uke por ahí (?)*”

    @ShanghaiRomance

    October 21, 2011

  • “:o seme olviidoO.!”

    @LuiGyBlack

    October 22, 2011