verb
definition
To make the sound expressed by the word hem; to hesitate in speaking.
verb
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(in sewing) To make a hem.
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: To put hem on an article of clothing, to edge or put a border on something.
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: To surround something or someone in a confining way.
example
A small yard hemmed about by a tall hedge.
Examples of hemmed in a Sentence
This force was hemmed in by the enemy.
She was again hemmed in.
The hemmed in French chivalry then charged through the muddy ground.
Tibet is a rugged table-land, narrow as compared with its length, broken up by a succession of mountain ranges, which follow as a rule the direction of the length of the table-land, and commonly rise into the regions of perpetual snow; between the flanks of these lie valleys, closely hemmed in, usually narrow, having a very moderate inclination, but at intervals opening out into wide plains, and occupied either by rivers, or frequently by lakes from which there is no outflow and the waters of which are salt.
This the present writer is inclined to doubt, considering that he has received examples of the normal Amblystoma tigrinum from various parts of Mexico, and that Alfred Duges has described an Amblystoma from mountains near Mexico City; at the same time he feels very suspicious of the various statements to that effect which have appeared in so many works, and rather disposed to make light of the ingenious theories launched by biological speculators who have never set foot in Mexico, especially Weismann's picture of the dismal condition of the salt-incrusted surroundings which were supposed to have hemmed in the axolotl - the brackish Lago de Texcoco, the largest of the lakes near Mexico, being evidently in the philosopher's mind.
Create a hemmed and gathered skirt with a sewing machine and secure it with the staple gun around the outside of the top piece.
You can always get the dress hemmed or altered, and it will be one-of-a-kind.
This ' Hire Quality ' dress is made of white fabric with cotton circle hem design, hemmed finished with zipper fastening.
The diagonally striped sleeves are decorated with matching bands and her cuffs are hemmed with needlepoint lace.
For the perfect fit, consider getting your dress hemmed and altered to fit your body just right.
Even if it's a small group of kids at your house, you may start to feel hemmed in when you can't head outside.
Thicker, more classic leggings are sometimes hemmed with lace and, of course, some leggings are completely made of lace.
Overalls can be hemmed or patched without looking too shabby.
Next, fold your fabric in half length-wise with the pattern facing inward, and sew or glue the three remaining sides together, leaving the orignal hemmed area open.
Turn your pillow case right side out, and glue the assembled sides of the Velcro along the inside, outermost edge of your hemmed opening on both sides so that when the glue is dried you can pull your case open to insert your pillow.
This is a tell-tale sign that your pants need to be hemmed, and a slight adjustment will make a huge change in your look.
Visit the store's website for a small selection of jeans that can be hemmed or cuffed to your preferred length.
Layer a red three-button weskit hemmed vest over the LBD, and top with a coordinating black jacket for an office appropriate holiday look.
Writing free verse poetry is the perfect answer for writers who would like to give poetry a try, but do not want to feel hemmed in by the rules and constraints of other types of poems.
Sagittarius doesn't have a problem committing to just one person, but feeling trapped and hemmed in is not an option for this sign.
This is more of an issue if you're tall; if you're short, the dress can be hemmed.
The pouch is double layered and the legs are hemmed so that, combined with the touch of Lycra in the short, you will experience no untoward movement.
Unlike the northern, the southern affluents of the Ombilin do not follow longitudinal valleys hemmed in by the Barisan range and ranges of slate, limestone and sandstone.
The area for expansion on the north was in any case limited by the French Guinea settlements, and on the south the territory of Liberia' hemmed in the colony.
The territorial power of Charles V., heir to the houses of Burgundy, Austria, Castile and Aragon, which not only arrested the traditional policy of France but hemmed her Rivalry of in on every side; his pretensions to be the head of Francis I.
The two post mills were demolished over 100 years ago, and the tower mill is now hemmed in by trees and bungalows.
The old town stands on an island hemmed in by the canal and the harbour basins, which divide it from the much more extensive manufacturing quarter of St Pierre, enveloping it on the east and south.
Length from northern extremity to Cape Negrais, about 400 m.; greatest breadth in the northern part, 90 m., gradually diminishing towards the south, as it is hemmed in by the Arakan Yoma mountains, until, in the extreme south, it tapers away to a narrow strip not more than 15 m.
There, on the 30th of December, he was hemmed in by a superior force of Lancastrians.
The lower reaches of the Zhob and Kundar are hemmed in by rugged limestone walls, serrated and banded with deep clefts and gorges, a wilderness of stony desolation.
They are hemmed in and separated by snowcapped mountain peaks and ridges, which are seamed with glaciers terminating in moraines and shingle slopes at the base of the foot-hills.
In the winter of 1775 he accompanied General Benedict Arnold to Canada, and in the assault on Quebec (Dec. 31) he and his riflemen penetrated well into the city, where he was hemmed in and was forced to surrender.
Etampes is a long straggling town hemmed in between the railway on the north and the Chalouette on the south; the latter is a tributary of the Juine which waters the eastern outskirts of the town.
Settlers from Sudbury in 1665 took possession of a hill called by the Indians Whipsuffenicke and gradually hemmed in the Christian Indian village of Ockoocangansett (or Ognoikonguamescitt), on an adjoining hill still bearing this name.
They were presently hemmed in by Hoche, and all who could not make their escape to the ships were forced to surrender at discretion (July 20).
Till it leaves the country at Hainburg, just before Pressburg, its banks are pretty closely hemmed by the Alps, and the river passes through a succession of narrow defiles.
After endless intrigues, however, the duke, hemmed in by three different armies, had in his turn to submit (788), and all Italy was now subject to Charlemagne.
They were hemmed in by the powerful duchy of Normandy, the counties of Blois, Flanders and Champagne, and the duchy of Burgundy.
An age-long rivalry between the houses of France and Austria was the result of this disastrous marriage; and as the son who was its issue espoused the heiress of a now unified Spain, France, hemmed in by the Spaniards and by the Empire, was thenceforward to encounter them everywhere in her course.
The city stands on a hill separated by a little plain from the harbour; towards the north and east it communicates with a fertile valley; on the south and west it is hemmed in by high mountains.
In spite of their desperate sallies, Jerusalem was surrounded by a wall, and its people, whose numbers were increased by those who had come up for the passover, were hemmed in to starve.
The town is hemmed in on the east by the railway line from Lyons to Marseilles, on the south by the Canal de Craponne.
It may be described as a flat, open country, hemmed in by mountains on the north, west and south, but opening eastwards on to the great plain of the Carnatic; the average height of the plain above sea-level is about 900 ft.
Before long, while the hostile left wing still remained inactive, the unfortunate troops of the French centre and right were gradually hemmed in by the whole force of the Allies.
But in the " Great Division " which took place in 1848 and forms the foundation of present land titles, about 984,000 acres, nearly onefourth of the inhabited area, were set apart for the crown, about r, 495, 000 acres for the government, and about 1,619,000 acres for the several chiefs; and the common people received fee-simple titles 4 for their house lots and the pieces of land which they cultivated for themselves, about 28,600 acres, almost entirely in isolated patches of irregular shape hemmed in by the holdings of the crown, the government or the great chiefs.
In old Greece men now said that the Greek folk was hemmed in between the barbarian Artaxerxes on the one side and Dionysius, master and planter of barbarians, on the other.
A telegram from General Gordon, received at Cairo on the x9th of April, stated that We have provisions for five months and are hemmed in...
It is unfortunately hemmed in by other buildings, so that a comprehensive view of it is not to be obtained.
His long strip of royal domain was hemmed in by the Angevin Empire on the west and by the kingdom of Arles on the south-east.
The battle, which was fought on confined ground in a valley, was decided by a cavalry charge of the Alans and Sarmatian s, which threw the Roman infantry into confusion and hemmed it in so closely that the men could scarcely draw their swords.