Definition:
- (pron.) Them
- (interj.) 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.
- (n.) An utterance or sound of the voice, hem or hm, often indicative of hesitation or doubt, sometimes used to call attention.
- (v. i.) To make the sound expressed by the word hem; hence, to hesitate in speaking.
- (n.) The edge or border of a garment or cloth, doubled over and sewed, to strengthen raveling.
- (n.) Border; edge; margin.
- (n.) A border made on sheet-metal ware by doubling over the edge of the sheet, to stiffen it and remove the sharp edge.
- (v. t.) To form a hem or border to; to fold and sew down the edge of.
- (v. t.) To border; to edge
Compare hem with other words:
heam vs. hem
hem vs. hrm
hem vs. hew
hem vs. wem
hem vs. hum
helm vs. hem
hem vs. hep
hem vs. hex
hem vs. hemp
hem vs. hen
ham vs. hem
hem vs. hey
gem vs. hem
hem vs. them
hem vs. het
hem vs. spectacular
cuff vs. hem
hem vs. sow
hem vs. hyphen
hem vs. tabling
crumple vs. hem
hem vs. vein
hem vs. him
bodkin vs. hem
hem vs. tassel
binding vs. hem
haver vs. hem
hem vs. hemmer
hem vs. hemmed
hem vs. hemming
edge vs. hem
fray vs. hem
hem vs. rim
haw vs. hem
ahem vs. hem
box vs. hem