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UK
/hˈɛm/
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[ US /ˈhɛm/ ]
[ US /ˈhɛm/ ]
NOUN
- 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.
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the edge of a piece of cloth; especially the finished edge that has been doubled under and stitched down
he stitched weights into the curtain's hem
let down the hem
the hem of her dress was stained
it seeped along the hem of his jacket
VERB
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fold over and sew together to provide with a hem
hem my skirt - utter `hem' or `ahem'
How To Use hem In A Sentence
- By the time harmony was a few centuries old, it began to shiver and shake from them.
- I bought a dozen eggs and every one of them was bad.
- She tore her eyes from them for a moment to spy the bodhrán player in the tree, tapping out her rhythm with her eyes closed, not noticing the spy amongst them.
- It sparked to life in the second act, when the symbolism gave way to themes of lust and sexual temptation.
- He watched them disappear from his view, his father still waddling along with that bloody basket.
- Which is stupid, considering the drivers around here A: Don't normally stop for people and in fact have been caught trying to sneak ~around~ them and B: I've been nicked several times and almost hit three times different instances last summer attempting to obey the biking laws, none of those for mistakes on my part as I've been scared shitless at the lack of aware driving that's crept over my town. The funny thing about Pain..... (Let's talk trauma!)
- He hoped the roots would harbor the fungi and spread them throughout the compost, but the fungi didn't spread well enough.
- The protests were going on about 1 kilometers away in the main street and some of the protesting crowd were running from tear gass used among them, towards Salehi St. The film is shot by my friend who was standing beside me. Iran Election Live-Blogging (Saturday June 20 Part II)
- In 2005, the Mugabe government launched what it called a slum clearance scheme, that bulldozed major shantytowns, brutally displacing hundreds of thousands of people. CNN Transcript Mar 24, 2007
- But they have an undeniable gentleness and elephantine beauty about them, with their hanging folds of skin and ponderous outlook on life.
