Hem

What do we mean by hem?

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. noun

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

To fold back and stitch down the edge of. transitive verb

To surround and shut in; enclose: synonym: enclose. transitive verb

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

To utter a hem. intransitive verb

To hesitate in speech. intransitive verb

(hem and haw) To be hesitant and indecisive; equivocate. idiom

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.

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

Edge; border; margin. noun

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

See hemato-.

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.

See he, I., D .

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.

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

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

To inflict injury on another individual. Urban Dictionary

To be caught up in and cant get loose Urban Dictionary

A shortened version of "ahem". Urban Dictionary

Opposite of meh Urban Dictionary

Its basically 'hem standing for 'them' or 'him/her' Urban Dictionary

To enclose or confine, held up, caught up, cornered, and or detained Urban Dictionary

A term for sperm/semen. Urban Dictionary

A word used when you have nothing left to say in a conversation. Urban Dictionary

Hard earned money. Used in replacement of dollars. Urban Dictionary

To know EVERYTHING similar to a dictionary It is possible the world revolves slowly around a Hemness. Urban Dictionary

Words that are spelled similarly to hem:
hem.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word hem:
zon, thon, pant, yumi, haw, skirt, garment, ince, shawl, aml, handkerchief, stitches, robe, sleeves, bose, waist, stitch, sewn, bunting, assamese, bey, sewing, gown, cai, dresses, embroidered, fabric, dig, gaston, olympian, fir, garments, till, dress, collar, lace, khmer, raj, knees, das, nord, swimmer, shoulders, mess, cambodia, thread, worn, shirts, cheese, assam, magnus, cloth, plaza, pocket, shirt, raja, hang, heath, rows, cable, resembles, nepal, sweden, knee, swedish, wear, freestyle, drawings, tape, sprint, dictionary, trend, sweet, shah, stockholm, nicholas, coat, colour, canal, turkish, decorated, legs, tiger, ken, delhi, gathered, styles, repair, bomb, tied, learn, ranks, edge, priest, fashion, revolutionary, anna.

Words that rhyme with hem:
stem, condemn, m, mayhem, gem, them, em, diadem, phlegm, rem, pm, femme, chem, lem, rpm, jem, fm, bethlehem, ppm, clem, mgm, bem, alem, gemme, djembe, prem, diltiazem, brain stem, pica em, kem, temne, cardizem, klem, rhem, brem, pgm, difm, temme, vitamin m, brehm, emme, stemm, rehm, blue stem, coral gem, opaque gem, klemm, klemme, swem, chem-, hemm, judgement in rem, demme, judgment in rem, hemme, transparent gem, lemm, onion stem, behm, dehm, kehm, schemm, blehm, compuchem, gehm, khem, medchem, of them, put them, raychem, remme, schwemm.

Adjectives that are often used to describe hem:
narrow, bottom, inch, lower, double, wide, top, deep, rolled, broad, very, long, loud, single, plain, front, white, upper, frayed, scalloped, ragged, fold, embroidered, purple, false, blind, ruffled, stitched, bordered, fringed, black, straight, uneven, red, golden, french, folded, husky, tiny, wet, tattered, blue, length, curved, green, able, lacy, loose, outer, neat, cortical, inside, wider, preliminary, silken, hand, lowest, decorative, yellow, tremendous, pleated, prefatory, invisible, finished, decorated, even, turned, grynde, muddy, flared, dusty, generous, sew.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective hem:
barua, fir, chandra, edge, stitch, edges, das, bottom, raj, stitching, sarkar, royds, details, end, sides, babu, top, finishes, sleeves, goy, agrawal, singh, gupta, sis, lengths, naskar, lines, side, pel, skirt, bhargava, arks, goswami, idj, line, meter, jain, edition, sen, kos, width, auks, options, roydz, ithra, lining, fig, onc, opening, roids, mrs, length.

Consonant match to hem:
home, ham, hum, whom, hymn, him, holm, herm, hime, haim, humm, heim, hom, homme, halm, hamm, hamme, haem-, hemm, hemme, hahm, hurm.

Words that sound like hem:
hem, hemme, hemm, haem, haem-, him, hum, hymn, hm, hmm, hym, humm, hmmm, himm, hymne, hmb, home, ham, hen, whom, hom, hime, holm, heim, hame, homme, hamm, henne, haim, heng, hamme, henn, heme, halm, hoom, heam, hamb, hahm, heaume, homm, hawm, haum, hung, hun, hing, hon, hin, hunn, huhn, hinn, hyn, wem, hang, han, helm, hemp, hemi, hems, heh, herm, heth, hahn, hemmed, hane, hange, hann, haun, hein, hain, hawn, hema, haan, heine, hayne, heen, helme, hemi-, hemmer, hanh, hean, hanne, herme, haine, haen, hene, heyne, heyn, hahne, heao, hayn, hemd, heyen, haemo, hemo-, hemt, haema-, haemo-, hema-, hempe, hhm.