Hem

Interjection
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 * 1) Used to fill in the gap of a pause with a vocalized sound.

Noun



 * 1)  The border of an article of clothing doubled back and stitched together to finish the edge and prevent it from fraying.
 * 2) A rim or margin of something.
 * 3) In sheet metal design, a rim or edge folded back on itself to create a smooth edge and to increase strength or rigidity.

Verb

 * 1)  (in sewing) To make a hem.
 * 2)  (in speaking) To make a sound like hem (usually coupled with "haw" as in "hemmed and hawed.")
 * : To put hem on an article of clothing, to edge or put a border on something.
 * : To surround something or someone in a confining way.

Thesaurus
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

Etymology 1
A sound uttered in imitation of clearing the throat

Etymology 2
From Middle English hem:, hemm:, in turn from Old English hemm: and related to Middle High German hemmen:, Old Norse hemja:. The Proto-Indo-European root gave rise also to Armenian քամել: and Russian ком:.

Etymology 3
him:, heom:, originally a dative plural form but in Middle English coming to serve as an accusative plural as well.

Noun

 * Finnish:, ,
 * French:
 * German:
 * Icelandic:
 * Italian:


 * Pashto:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: подшитый
 * Scottish Gaelic: fàitheam
 * Serbian: rub, porub


 * Finnish:


 * Pashto:


 * : dobladillo, ruedo , bastilla

Verb

 * Finnish: ,


 * Finnish: (once), hymähdellä (repeatedly)


 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:


 * German:
 * Icelandic:
 * Portuguese: fazer a bainha de


 * Finnish:
 * German:


 * Portuguese:

Related terms

 * hemmed
 * hemming
 * hemmer

Anagrams

 * meh

Etymology
From hem:, from  himo:, from.

Pronoun
hem


 * 1)  Third-person singular, masculine, objective: him.
 * Stuur dat maar naar hem. &mdash; Send that to him.

Interjection

 * 1) eh?, well well! (expressing surprise)

Related terms

 * ehem

Pronoun

 * 1) them

Descendants

 * English: them

Noun
hem


 * 1) home; one's dwelling place, as in a house or a more general geographical place; the abiding place of the affections.

Adverb
hem


 * 1) to one's home

Etymology
From Persian

Adverb
hem


 * 1) and also