HEM
\hˈɛm], \hˈɛm], \h_ˈɛ_m]\
Definitions of HEM
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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By Princeton University
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Them
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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.
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An utterance or sound of the voice, hem or hm, often indicative of hesitation or doubt, sometimes used to call attention.
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To make the sound expressed by the word hem; hence, to hesitate in speaking.
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The edge or border of a garment or cloth, doubled over and sewed, to strengthen raveling.
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Border; edge; margin.
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A border made on sheet-metal ware by doubling over the edge of the sheet, to stiffen it and remove the sharp edge.
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To form a hem or border to; to fold and sew down the edge of.
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To border; to edge
By Oddity Software
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Them
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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.
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An utterance or sound of the voice, hem or hm, often indicative of hesitation or doubt, sometimes used to call attention.
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To make the sound expressed by the word hem; hence, to hesitate in speaking.
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The edge or border of a garment or cloth, doubled over and sewed, to strengthen raveling.
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Border; edge; margin.
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A border made on sheet-metal ware by doubling over the edge of the sheet, to stiffen it and remove the sharp edge.
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To form a hem or border to; to fold and sew down the edge of.
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To border; to edge
By Noah Webster.
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Them
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The edge of a cloth or garment doubled and sewed; sound used as an expression of hesitation, doubt, etc.; a little cough, better expressed by hm.
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To double and sew the edge of (a cloth or garment); to shut in; surround.
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Utter the sudden sound, hem.
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Hemmed.
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Hemming.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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The border of a garment doubled down and sewed.
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To form a hem on: to edge:-pr.p. hemming; pa.p. hemmed'.
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(int.) A sort of half cough to draw attention.
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To utter the sound hem!-pr.p. hemming; pa.p. hemmed'.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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To border; edge; shut in; restrict.
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To throw off by coughing; cough; stammer.
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A folded edge of cloth sewed down on the inner side.
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A sound made, as in clearing the throat; ahem.
By James Champlin Fernald
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A sort of voluntary half cough.
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The border of a garment, doubled and sewed to strengthen it; edge; border.
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To form a hem on; to edge.
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To utter the sound hem. To hem in, to inclose.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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The edge or border of a garment doubled down and sewed.
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To fold down and sew the edge of cloth.
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To confine; to enclose; to surround.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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n. [Anglo-Saxon, Welsh] The border of a garment, doubled and sewed, to strengthen it;—tuck; fringe.
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interj. An inarticulate vocal utterance, like a suppressed cough, expressing doubt or hesitation—when loud, it denotes strong dissent or objection; when subdued, uncertainty or indifference.
