n. 25B6; noun the hem of her dress : EDGE, edging, border, trim, trimming.
25B6; verb Nan taught me to hem skirts : EDGE, trim.
25A0; hem someone/something in
a bay hemmed in by pine trees : SURROUND, border, edge, encircle, circle, ring, enclose, skirt, fringe, encompass.
we were hemmed in by the rules : RESTRICT, confine, trap, hedge in, fence in; constrain, restrain, limit, curb, check.