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hem noun

  /hɛm/ , /hɪm/
  • (sewing) The border of an article of clothing doubled back and stitched together to finish the edge and prevent it from fraying.
 Saum
  • A rim or margin of something.
 Rand

hem verb

  /hɛm/ , /hɪm/
  • (sewing, intransitive) To make a hem.
  • (transitive) To put hem on an article of clothing, to edge or put a border on something.
 säumen
  • (transitive) To shut in, enclose, confine; to surround something or someone in a confining way.
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