Definition of "seme"

seme¹

/ˈsiːm/

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

seme²

verb
third-person singular simple present semes, present participle seming, simple past and past participle semed
1. Obsolete form of seem.

seme³

noun
plural semes
1. Obsolete form of seam.

seme⁴

adjective
1. Obsolete form of semé.
  Quotations
  I bear Azure seme of trefoiles, a Lions Paw in fæce, Or, armed Gules.
  1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 46, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book I, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], page 150

seme⁵

noun
plural semes or seme
1. (Japanese fiction, fandom slang) An active or dominant male character in a same-sex relationship; a top.
  Quotations
  […] BL manga readers chose intelligence, protectiveness, and beauty/handsomeness as the top three most important traits in a seme […]
  2008, Dru Pagliassotti, “Better Than Romance? Japanese BL Manga and the Subgenre of Male/Male Romantic Fiction”, in Antonia Levi, Mark McHarry, Dru Pagliassotti, editors, Boys' Love Manga: Essays on the Sexual Ambiguity and Cross-Cultural Fandom of the Genre‎, McFarland & Company (2008), page 73
  Sebas has always been the seme.
  2010, Pentabu, My Girlfriend's a Geek‎, volume 1, Yen Press (2012)
  The seme is larger, stronger, and more traditionally masculine, while the uke is smaller, weaker, and more feminine.
  2011, Robin E. Brenner, Snow Wildsmith, “Love through a DIfferent Lens: Japanese Homoerotic Manga through the Eyes of American Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender and Other Sexualities Readers”, in Timothy Perper, Martha Cornog, editors, Mangatopia: Essays on Manga and Anime in the Modern World‎, Libraries Unlimited (2011), page 97