About The Word Hem
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What's The Definition Of Hem?
[n] lap that forms a cloth border doubled back and stitched down
[v] utter"hem" or"ahem" [v] fold over and sew together to provide with a hem; "hem my skirt" Synonyms | Synonyms for Hem: Related Terms | Find terms related to Hem: adjoin | bank | bar | beading | befringe | begird | beset | bind | binding | board | border | bordering | bordure | bound | box | box in | box up | brim | brink | brow | bulkhead in | cage | circle | circumscribe | close in | coast | confine | corral | cramp | define | edge | edging | encircle | encompass | enframe | envelop | falter | featheredge | fence | fimbria | fimbriation | flange | flounce | frame | frill | frilling | fringe | furbelow | galloon | gird | girdle | halt | haw | hedge | hem and haw | hem in | hesitate | hum | hum and haw | immure | keep from spreading | keep within bounds | labellum | labium | labrum | lap | ledge | limb | limbus | limit | line | lip | list | localize | mammer | march | marge | margin | marginate | motif | narrow | pale | palisade | pen | perimeter | periphery | picket | purfle | purl | qualify | ragged edge | rail | restrict | rim | ring | round | ruffle | selvage | set off | shore | shut | side | sideline | skirt | skirting | stammer | stint | stumble | stutter | surround | tighten | trim | trimming | valance | verge | wall | welt See Also | cloth | emit | fabric | lap | let loose | let out | material | overlap | run up | sew | sew together | stitch | textile | utter Hem In Webster's Dictionary \Hem\, pron. [OE., fr. AS. him, heom, dative pl. of. h? he.
See {He}, {They}.]
Them [Obs.] --Chaucer.
\Hem\, interj. An onomatopoetic word used as an expression of hesitation, doubt, etc. It is often a sort of voluntary half cough, loud or subdued, and would perhaps be better expressed by hm. Cough or cry hem, if anybody come. --Shak. \Hem\, n. An utterance or sound of the voice, hem or hm, often indicative of hesitation or doubt, sometimes used to call attention. ``His morning hems.'' --Spectator. \Hem\, v. i. [???. See {Hem}, interj.] To make the sound expressed by the word hem; hence, to hesitate in speaking. ``Hem, and stroke thy beard.'' --Shak. \Hem\, n. [AS. hem, border, margin; cf. Fries. h["a]mel, Prov. G. hammel hem of mire or dirt.] 1. The edge or border of a garment or cloth, doubled over and sewed, to strengthen raveling. 2. Border; edge; margin. ``Hem of the sea.'' --Shak. 3. A border made on sheet-metal ware by doubling over the edge of the sheet, to stiffen it and remove the sharp edge. \Hem\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Hemmed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Hemming}.] 1. To form a hem or border to; to fold and sew down the edge of. --Wordsworth. 2. To border; to edge All the skirt about Was hemmed with golden fringe. --Spenser. {To hem about}, {around}, or {in}, to inclose and confine; to surround; to environ. ``With valiant squadrons round about to hem.'' --Fairfax. ``Hemmed in to be a spoil to tyranny.'' --Daniel. {To hem out}, to shut out. ``You can not hem me out of London.'' --J. Webster. |
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