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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.
 кайма́, край, кро́мка, ободо́к, подгибка
  • A rim or margin of something.
 край

hem verb

  /hɛm/ , /hɪm/
  • To make the sound expressed by the word hem; to hesitate in speaking.
 хмыкнуть

hem verb

  /hɛm/ , /hɪm/
  • (transitive) To put hem on an article of clothing, to edge or put a border on something.
 обши́ть, обшива́ть, подши́ть, подшива́ть
  • (transitive) To shut in, enclose, confine; to surround something or someone in a confining way.
 окайми́ть, окаймля́ть
  • (sewing, intransitive) To make a hem.
 подши́ть, подшива́ть
hem and haw
колебаться, мямлить
hem in
окружить
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