Hem synonyms

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border
An edge or a part near an edge; margin; side
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skirting
Skirts collectively; material for skirts
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edging
(Rock climbing) Technique involving the placement of the edge of the climbing shoe on a sharp hold.
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piping
A narrow tube of fabric, sometimes enclosing a cord, used for trimming seams and edges, as of slipcovers.
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selvage
Any specially defined edge of fabric or paper, esp., such an edge that is to be trimmed off or covered
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edge (related)
Keenness, as of desire or enjoyment; zest:
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fringe (related)
Non-mainstream theatre.
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rim (related)
(Basketball) The metal hoop to which the net is attached
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trimming (related)
Accessories; extras:
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brim
To be completely full, often with a resulting overflow
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circle
To move in a circle around:
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confine
(Rare) To border (on) or be contiguous (with or to another region)
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cough
To expel by coughing:
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enclose
To shut in all around; hem in; fence in; surround
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encompass
To include within its scope; to circumscribe or go round so as to surround; to enclose; to contain.
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environ
To encircle; surround:
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hedge
To obstruct with a hedge or hedges.
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margin
To purchase (securities) on margin
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seam
(Cricket) Of the ball, to move sideways after bouncing on the seam.
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sew
To work with a needle and thread or with a sewing machine.
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skirt
To lie along, move along, or be an edge or a border.
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surround
To form an enclosure around; encompass
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body (antonym)
A human; a person:
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interior (antonym)
The internal portion or area.
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center (antonym)
An area of dense population:
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begird
To encircle with or as if with a band.
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beset
To beset is to harass or have trouble on an ongoing basis from multiple sources or from all sides.
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encircle
To make a circle around; enclose within a circle; surround
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gird
To encircle with, or as if with a belt.
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girdle
To kill or stunt a tree by removing or inverting a ring of bark.
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ring
(Games) To toss a ring over (a peg), as in horseshoes.
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besiege
To surround with hostile forces:
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envelop
To surround:
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open (related)
To become open
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hemo (related)
A prefix meaning “blood,” as in hemophilia, a disorder in which blood fails to clot, or hematology, the scientific study of blood.
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ahem
A use of the interjection, ahem.
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waistband (related)
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tassel (related)
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ruching (related)
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bodice (related)
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hemline (related)
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neckline (related)
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ruched (related)
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kerchief (related)
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neckband (related)
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close in
To enclose, lock up inside something.
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Hem Sentence Examples

  • She pulled nervously at the hem of her too-short skirt.

  • Two maids were turning up the hem and hurriedly biting off the ends of thread.

  • His touch lingered on bruises, and he retrieved a small tool when he reached the hem of her dress.

  • She absently plucked at a thread on the hem of her skirt, avoiding his eager gaze.

  • She had once again donned the white dress, and the hem touched the tops of her bare feet.

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