Hem is valid Scrabble Word

Definitions for HEM in dictionary:

VERB:
• to provide with an edge
• To make the sound expressed by the word hem; hence, to hesitate in speaking.
• To form a hem or border to; to fold and sew down the edge of.
• To border; to edge
• fold over and sew together to provide with a hem
• utter `hem\' or `ahem\'
• provide with a hem
NOUN:
• the edge of a piece of cloth or clothing which has been turned under and sewn
• 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
• used in writing to indicate a sound made when coughing or clearing the throat to attract attention or to express hesitation.
• bottom edge of a garment
• An utterance or sound of the voice, hem or hm, often indicative of hesitation or doubt, sometimes used to call attention.
• The edge or border of a garment or cloth, doubled over and sewed, to strengthen raveling.
• Border; edge; margin.
• A border made on sheet-metal ware by doubling over the edge of the sheet, to stiffen it and remove the sharp edge.
• the edge of a piece of cloth; especially the finished edge that has been doubled under and stitched down
• 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.
INTERJECTION:
• An onomatopoetic word used as an expression of hesitation, doubt, etc. It is often a sort of voluntary half cough, loud or subdued, and would perhaps be better expressed by hm.

Words related to HEM

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Words that contain HEM

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How to use HEM in a sentence

• THE HEM OF THIS BAG IS AN EIGHTEENTH OF AN INCH TOO WIDE.
• Emerson, and not long to be a gentleman, and feel as if he would like to be worthy to kiss the hem of the garment of those literary gentlemen.
• It should just clear your ankles and have plenty of fullness round the hem.
• He fell on his knees before her, kissing the hem of her dress.
• By taking advantage of the rocks which hem in the narrow valley, they saved themselves the trouble of raising arches to the desired height to ensure the flow.
• Sin, who still moved in a semi-phantasmagoric world, swiftly raised the hem of her kimona, affording a glimpse of a shapely silk-clad limb.
• She could skim the State Street windows and come away with a mental photograph of every separate tuck, hem, yoke, and ribbon.
• Her girdle clipped her closely about the waist, falling to the hem of her skirt, and her feet were shod in soundless shoes, without heels.
• Give me a day, only one little day, and you will see Louis, the proud Louis, down at the hem of my dress to ask my pardon for this slight.
• I have held fast the cord of Thy grace, and clung to the hem of the garment of Thy loving providence.
• I am but a poor creature, O my Lord! Behold me clinging to the hem of Thy riches.
• Cling thou to the hem of the Robe of God, and take thou firm hold on His Cord, a Cord which none can sever.
• Hem? What do you mean by hem? Open that rusty door of your mouth, and make your ugly voice walk out of it.
• I put on the robe of white wool, embroidered on the neck and hem, that lay ready for me, and went down the stair to the room whither my hostess had directed me.
• When the tale was ended, Devaka threw herself prone at my feet, and pressed her lips to the hem of my robe.
• He gives joy to Him who loves to see His people even touch the hem of His garments, or eagerly grasp His Omnipotent hand.
• Boundless treasure is in the hand of the King of Kings! Lift the hem of thy garment in order to receive it.
• Though his lips touched only her dress, the very hem of it, she felt the thrill of the touch, as she had felt his kiss on her mouth.
• When I would have adjusted her saddle, she bade her woman come and hold up her skirt, that my hands might not touch its hem even by accident.
• Molly asked me the other day, whether Ireland was in France, and was ordered by her mother to mend her hem.
• This town is not worthy to kiss the hem of your garment.
• He clasped his hands upon the saddle-horn and, stealthily loosening the dagger-point from the hem of his sleeve, slid the weapon cautiously into his hand.
• We have a destiny of which the devil has woven the stuff and God has sewn the hem.
• Bill wanted to work the sewing machine himself, but Mother was afraid he would break something, so she sewed down the hem for us.
• A 1-inch hem was then turned and sewed at the ends of the goods, so that the piece measured exactly 17 feet long.

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