hem
suomi-englanti sanakirjahem englannista suomeksi
hymähtää, sanoa öhöm
helma
päärmätä, palttaa
öhöm
hem englanniksi
Used to fill in the gap of a pause with a vocalized sound.
An utterance or sound of the voice like "hem", often indicative of hesitation or doubt, sometimes used to call attention.
January 8, 1712', (w), ''The Spectator'' No. 269
- his morning hems
To make the sound expressed by the word ''hem''; to hesitate in speaking.
(RQ:Shakespeare Much Ado About Nothing)
(senseid) The border of an article of clothing doubled back and stitched together to finish the edge and prevent it from fraying.
A rim or margin of something.
(RQ:Shakespeare Timon of Athens)
In metal design, a rim or edge folded back on itself to create a smooth edge and to increase strength or rigidity.
(senseid) To make a hem.
To put hem on an article of clothing, to edge or put a border on something.
To in, enclose, confine; to surround something or someone in a confining way.
(uxi)
(Q)|quote=He’s in the saddle now. Fall in! Steady, the whole brigade! Hill’s at the ford, cut off — we’ll win his way out, ball and blade! What matter if our shoes are worn? What matter if our feet are torn? “Quick step! We’re with him before the morn!” That’s “Stonewall Jackson’s Way.”The sun’s bright lances rout the mists of morning, and by George! Here’s Longstreet struggling in the lists, hemmed in an ugly gorge. Pope and his Yankees, whipped before, “Bay’nets and grape!” hear Stonewall roar; “Charge, Stuart! Pay off Ashby’s score!” in “Stonewall Jackson’s Way.|year=1862
(obsolete form of)
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(RQ:Jonson Every Man in His Humour)
(RQ:Chapman Eastward Hoe)
(ca-verb form of)
''Third-person singular, masculine, objective:'' him.
(n-g) it.
interjection expressing doubt and/or hesitation
(l) (gloss)
(syn)
(verb form of)
(l), an article of clothing that is worn on the upper part of the body, and often has sleeves, either long or short, that cover the arms.
heme: the component of hemoglobin (and other hemoproteins) responsible for binding oxygen.
Used to express furious, etc.
(inflection of)
(senseid) (n-g) them
14th c. (w), ''(w)''. General Prologue: 9–11.
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hem (gl)
(alt form)
(infl of)
(alternative form of)
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home; to one's home
a home; one's dwelling place, as in a house or a more general geographical place; the abiding place of the affections.
(ux)
a home; an institution