I. noun
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Justice Thomas is on the court, with mud clinging to the hem of his robe.
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The arms of the tee shirt barely rounded the curve of his shoulders, the hem hung an inch above his navel.
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The gun hangs down below the hem of her skirt.
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The peripheral hem blew back over the canopy, dividing it into two lobes.
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There are two zipped pockets and knitted hem and cuffs.
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Through the Moon, the hems become linked to the body power of menstruation.
II. verb
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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As employees feel themselves hemmed in, they become frustrated and angry.
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Depression had descended on her, hemmed in by all these people, driving along a straight dreary road.
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Either way Norman Lamont is hemmed in with little scope for escape.
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From the very start he has been the man in the middle, thwarted in front and hemmed in on the rear.
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He hemmed, he hawed, he guffawed.
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She is, however, hemmed in by the Adversary.
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Soares hemmed a bit, then admitted he had been speeding.