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n. An edge or border on a piece of cloth, especially a finished edge, as for a garment or curtain, made by folding an edge under and stitching it down.

n. The height or level of the bottom edge of a skirt, dress, or coat; a hemline.

v. To fold back and stitch down the edge of.

v. To surround and shut in; enclose: a valley hemmed in by mountains. See Synonyms at enclose.

n. A short cough or clearing of the throat made especially to gain attention, warn another, hide embarrassment, or fill a pause in speech.

verb-intransitive. To utter a hem.

verb-intransitive. To hesitate in speech.

idiom. hem and haw To be hesitant and indecisive; equivocate: "a leader who cannot make up his or her mind, never knows what to do, hems and haws” ( Margaret Thatcher).

interjection. Used to fill in the gap of a pause with a vocalized sound.

n. The border of an article of clothing doubled back and stitched together to finish the edge and prevent it from fraying.

n. A rim or margin of something.

n. In sheet metal design, a rim or edge folded back on itself to create a smooth edge and to increase strength or rigidity.

v. (in sewing) To make a hem.

v. (in speaking) To make a sound like hem (usually coupled with "haw" as in "hemmed and hawed.")

v. : To put hem on an article of clothing, to edge or put a border on something.

v. : To surround something or someone in a confining way.

pronoun. Obsolete form of 'em.

pronoun. Them.

interjection. 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.

n. An utterance or sound of the voice, hem or hm, often indicative of hesitation or doubt, sometimes used to call attention.

verb-intransitive. To make the sound expressed by the word hem; hence, to hesitate in speaking.

n. The edge or border of a garment or cloth, doubled over and sewed, to strengthen it and prevent raveling.

n. Border; edge; margin.

n. A border made on sheet-metal ware by doubling over the edge of the sheet, to stiffen it and remove the sharp edge.

v. To form a hem or border to; to fold and sew down the edge of.

v. To border; to edge.

n. A narrow fold in the edge of a piece of textile material, made to prevent it from raveling.

n. Edge; border; margin.

n. In architecture, the projecting spiral of the Ionic capital.

To form a hem or border to; fold and sew down the edge of: as, to hem an apron.

To border; edge.

To inclose; circumscribe; limit or confine by an environment of any kind: with in, about, or around.

An interjectional utterance, a sort of voluntary half-cough, intended to attract the attention of a particular person, to cover embarrassment by feigned indifference or hesitation, etc. Also ahem.

To make the sound expressed by the word hem; hence, to hesitate or stammer in speaking: as, to hem and haw.

To remove or otherwise affect by coughing.

See he, I., D .

See hemato-.

v. utter `hem' or `ahem'

n. the edge of a piece of cloth; especially the finished edge that has been doubled under and stitched down

v. fold over and sew together to provide with a hem

n. the utterance of a sound similar to clearing the throat; intended to get attention, express hesitancy, fill a pause, hide embarrassment, warn a friend, etc.

"‘Course, another reason that couples stayed together in the past was that women actually having jobs beyond washerwoman/alewyf/seamstress - hem hem**/ wise woman that paid a living wage is a comparatively recent phenomenon."

hemmed    hemming    hems    hummed   

emit    let out    let loose    utter    edge    sew    stitch    run up    sew together    utterance   

surround    to hem out    ahem    haw   

hemming    hemmed    hemmer   

hemming    hemmed   

them    border    edge    margin    cough    falter   

Am    Clem    Em    Fm    Gem    Jem    M    M.    Pm    Rem   

cuff    skirt    fold    stocking    bodice    blouse    fringe    waist    lace    ankle