hem

[US]/hem/
[UK]/hɛm/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. folded edge; border, edge
vt. surround; sew an edge onto something
vi. to make a folded edge

Phrases & Collocations

hem a skirt

hem the curtains

hem and haw

bottom hem

Example Sentences

face a hem with lace.

caught my hem on the stair.

finish off the raw edge of the hem by overcasting it.

math problems; the problem of how to hem a skirt evenly.

The hem on her skirt needs sewing.

She braid the neckline, hem and cuffs of the dress.

give long curtains good hems to allow for shrinkage.

Narrow Hemmer Foot: for rolled machine hem stitching.

Are you going to let down or take up the hem of that dress?

They beat us 3-0 last year, but we turned the tables on hem this year—we won 5-0.

Real-world Examples

And you can take up the hem of your pants.

Source: Emma's delicious English

Besides. can you take up the hem one inch?

Source: Shopping Dialogue for Traveling Abroad:

Yeah, i said it. Now just fix the hem.

Source: Desperate Housewives Season 5

The colonel is hemmed in. His rule has undoubtedly ended.

Source: The Economist - Comprehensive

Crabbe stumbled—and his huge, flat foot caught the hem of Harry's cloak.

Source: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

" Some handkerchiefs, all hemmed, " said Beth.

Source: Little Women (Bilingual Edition)

With April's first-born flowers, and all things rare that heaven's air in this huge rondure hems.

Source: The complete original version of the sonnet.

The demonstrators in the capital Algiers were swiftly hemmed in, silenced and detained by the security forces.

Source: BBC Listening Compilation March 2014

Long straightaway, hemmed in by poplars.

Source: Go blank axis version

Everything is grist for the mill -- except hem lengths.

Source: TED Talks (Video Version) September 2015 Collection

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