Synonyms for hem
hɛmhem

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1. hemnoun

   the edge of a piece of cloth; especially the finished edge that has been doubled under and stitched down

   "the hem of her dress was stained"; "let down the hem"; "he stitched weights into the curtain's hem"; "it seeped along the hem of his jacket"

   Synonyms:
   ahem

2. hem, ahemverb

   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.

   Synonyms:
   ahem

3. hemverb

   fold over and sew together to provide with a hem

   "hem my skirt"

4. hemverb

   utter `hem' or `ahem'

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1. • Edge
   • Sew
   • Utter

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1. hemnoun

   Synonyms:
   border, edge, margin

2. hemverb

   Synonyms:
   border, edge, skirt

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1. List of paraphrases for "hem":

   skirts, skirt

Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MDRate these synonyms:1.0 / 1 vote

1. hem

   Synonyms:
   Heme [m]
   

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1. Mark Badgley:

   We bought a first-class ticket to Los Angeles, first class for the gown, and we tied 22 Campbell's soup cans around the hem. And by the time it got to L.A. that night it had stretched out and she wore it. It was beautiful on her.

2. Chris Kreider:

   We got looks, we spent a lot of time in their zone, i thought we did a pretty good job executing what we wanted to do, we just didn’t get the bounces. We continued to jump on loose pucks and hem them in. ... We weren’t just working the perimeter on the power play. We were getting rubber to the net.