Hemmed is valid Scrabble Word

Definitions for HEMMED in dictionary:

VERB:
• HEM, to provide with an edge
• turn under and sew the edge of (a piece of cloth)
• surround and restrict the space or movement of someone or something
• make a sound in the throat when hesitating or as a signal
NOUN:
• the edge of a piece of cloth or clothing which has been turned under and sewn
INTERJECTION:
• used in writing to indicate a sound made when coughing or clearing the throat to attract attention or to express hesitation.
OTHER DEFINITIONS:
• past tense of hem

Words related to HEMMED

hem8 hemming15 hems9

Words that contain HEMMED

rehemmed16 unhemmed16

How to use HEMMED in a sentence

• It was late in the afternoon that we reached a broad meadow hemmed in by noble cedars.
• Cornwallis was now hemmed in by the combined French and American armies.
• Those little muslin curtains at the windows, the little mother had hemmed them all herself.
• Their intention was supposed to be to reach the Dismal Swamp, and they must be hemmed in from that side.
• Hereupon many died from fright at the very charge or the pike-bearers, and many hemmed in by the horsemen perished.
• The high valleys, through which the currents ran, were hemmed in by towering mountain walls, with cloud-capped peaks.
• France now saw herself hemmed in on the east by a chain of enemies.
• All legal restraints are framed upon the presumption, that men will abuse their power if not hemmed in by them.
• We had them hemmed between two lines, with an intervening space of not more than 150 yards.
• It stands in an irregular open place, closely hemmed in by houses on two sides, so that it can be seen to advantage from only one point.
• The Yankees hemmed him and four more men in at Malone Creek and killed the four men.
• Here he took his seat with a good deal of ceremony, hemmed several times, and desired Hourigan to be admitted.
• The women made the straw beds and pillows and hemmed the sheets.
• Offitt tried to escape, but was so hemmed in, that the infuriated man had him in his hands before the officers could interpose.
• The AEquians found themselves hemmed in between the two armies, and were forced to surrender.
• His army was attacked under the most disadvantageous circumstances, where it was hemmed in between rocky heights, previously occupied by the enemy, and the Lake of Trasimenus.
• Between the two he was hemmed in, on a narrow strip of land, enclosed between the mountain wall and the curving reach of sea.
• It is asserted that Dombrowski is hemmed in at Ouen.
• Blessings hemmed him round, and the eye of God was on him.
• We were hemmed in on all sides, a compressed company in full marching order with many extra rounds of ammunition and empty stomachs.
• Below him rolled a rapid stream of dirty water, hemmed in on either side by dilapidated wooden houses, most of which had similar galleries to every story.
• The slowly-moving touring-car, hemmed in by the languid midnight movement of the street, came to a full stop almost before where he stood.
• If they persist in retaining them, and become surrounded and hemmed in by the white settlers, their situation is more deplorable than if they surrendered their homes altogether.
• I found myself in a little green vale hemmed in by magnificent heights whose rocky summits were covered with freshly-fallen snow.
• With tears in his eyes, Gilbert struggled to reach the king, who, unarmed and disabled, drove his steed against the circle that hemmed him in.
• He tapped his foot on the floor, and hemmed, and looked at me strangely.
• This was cut into four-yard strips, which were sewed together as before and the ends turned up and hemmed.
• Two strips of cloth 81 inches long, hemmed at each edge to a width of 13 inches.
• For all ordinary purposes, squares of old cambric, hemmed, and washed when necessary, will be found best.

Similar words containing HEMM without suffix ed

chemmy18 hemmer13 hemmers14 hemming15 whemmle17 chemmies17 rehemmed16 whemmled19 whemmles18 unhemmed16 rehemming17 whemmling20

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