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📚 noun • entry_id 4410

hem

/hɛm/
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Meanings (ES + gloss)
bastilla • dobladillo • hilván • repulgo
The border of an article of clothing doubled back and stitched together to finish the edge and prevent it from fraying.
borde • margen
A rim or margin of something.
Entombed upon the very hem o' th' sea
Phrases
hem-linehemlesshemlinehemstitchkiss someone's hemkiss the hem of someone's garmentrehemtouch someone's hemtouch the hem of someone's garmenttouch the hem of someone's robeunhem
Word forms
hems
📚 verb • entry_id 4411

hem

/hɛm/
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Meanings (ES + gloss)
repulgar
To put hem on an article of clothing, to edge or put a border on something.
Phrases
hem inhemmer
Word forms
hemmedhemmedhemminghems