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Hem

/hɛm/

An utterance or sound of the voice like "hem", often indicative of hesitation or doubt, sometimes used to call attention.

📖 Definitions of "Hem"

noun

1
An utterance or sound of the voice like "hem", often indicative of hesitation or doubt, sometimes used to call attention.

verb

interjection

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Word	Definition
downturnnoun	A downward trend, or the beginnings of one.
declinenoun	The act of declining or refusing something.
retrenchmentnoun	A curtailment or reduction.
edgenoun	An advantage.
bordernoun	The line or frontier area separating political or geographical regions.
marginnoun	(finance) The yield or profit; the selling price minus the cost of production.
skirtnoun	A separate article of clothing, usually worn by women and girls, that hangs from the waist and covers the lower torso and part of the legs.
purflenoun	An ornamental border on clothing, furniture or a violin; beading, stringing.
chandranoun	A unisex given name from Sanskrit.
huhnoun	A surname.
skirts	an Australian television police drama broadcast on the Seven Network in 1990.
them	(stylized in all lowercase) a novel by Joyce Carol Oates, the third in her "Wonderland Quartet" following A Garden of Earthly Delights and Expensive People and preceding Wonderland.
rimnoun	An edge around something, especially when circular.
vergenoun	An edge or border.
trimnoun	(transitive) To reduce slightly; to cut; especially, to remove excess.
bindingnoun	(of an agreement, contract, etc.) Imposing stipulations or requirements that must be honoured.
pipingnoun	The sound of musical pipes.
ruffleverb	(transitive) To make a ruffle in; to curl or flute, as an edge of fabric.
hemlinenoun	The line formed by the bottom edge of a skirt, dress, or coat; hem.
fringenoun	(also figurative) A marginal or peripheral part.