hem
/hɛm/ verb C2- To make a hem.
- To put hem on an article of clothing, to edge or put a border on something.
- To shut in, enclose, confine; to surround something or someone in a confining way. · A small yard hemmed about by a tall hedge.
He/she/it hems · Past hemmed · Past participle hemmed · -ing form hemming
Verb forms
- Base form
- hem
- He/she/it
- hems
- Past
- hemmed
- Past participle
- hemmed
- -ing form
- hemming
From the library
“Hem,” thought Monte Cristo, “he begins to conceal his losses; a month since he boasted of them.”
“Hem,” said Danglars.
“Hem,” said Monte Cristo in his turn.
A noise was heard in the hall; the sergeant called his two patrons with an energetic “hem!” and the door-keeper appearing, called out with that shrill voice peculiar to his order, ever since the days of Beaumarchais:
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