Definition of "suture"

A seam formed by sewing two edges together, especially to join pieces of skin in surgically treating a wound.  examples

Thread used to sew or stitch two edges (especially of skin) together.  examples

(geology) An area where separate terrane join together along a major fault.

(anatomy) A type of fibrous joint bound together by Sharpey's fibres which only occurs in the skull.  examples

(anatomy) A seam or line, such as that between the segments of a crustacean, between the whorls of a univalve shell, or where the elytra of a beetle meet.  examples

(botany) The seam at the union of two margins in a plant.  examples

(philosophy, figurative) The procedure by which a subject comes to be identified with its own representation, as in the identification of the speaker with the sign “I” within a certain discourse; (by extension) any process by which the content of something is determined or supplied from outside itself.  quotations  examples

(transitive, also figurative) To sew up or join by means of a suture.  examples