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"text": "his morning hems"
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"word": "hem and haw"
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"word": "hem and hah"
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"word": "hem up"
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"sense": "to make a sound like \"hem\"",
"word": "хъмкам"
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"sense": "to make a sound like \"hem\"",
"word": "hymistä"
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"code": "hu",
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"sense": "to make a sound like \"hem\"",
"word": "hümmög"
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"code": "is",
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"sense": "to make a sound like \"hem\"",
"word": "humma"
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"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "hem-line"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "kiss someone's hem"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "kiss the hem of someone's garment"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "touch someone's hem"
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"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "touch the hem of someone's garment"
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{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "touch the hem of someone's robe"
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"t": "to hem in, restrain"
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"2": "քամել",
"t": "to press, wring"
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"kind": "topical",
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"name": "Sewing",
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"The border of an article of clothing doubled back and stitched together to finish the edge and prevent it from fraying."
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"(sewing) The border of an article of clothing doubled back and stitched together to finish the edge and prevent it from fraying."
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"roman": "hudub",
"sense": "border of an article of clothing doubled back and stitched together",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "هُدُب"
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"word": "هُدْب"
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"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ḥāšiya",
"sense": "border of an article of clothing doubled back and stitched together",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "حَاشِيَة"
},
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "podgǎv",
"sense": "border of an article of clothing doubled back and stitched together",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "подгъв"
},
{
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"code": "bg",
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"roman": "rǎb",
"sense": "border of an article of clothing doubled back and stitched together",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ръб"
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{
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"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "border of an article of clothing doubled back and stitched together",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "vora"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 3 6",
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"sense": "border of an article of clothing doubled back and stitched together",
"word": "褶邊"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 3 6",
"code": "yue",
"english": "zip³ bin¹",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"sense": "border of an article of clothing doubled back and stitched together",
"word": "褶边"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 3 6",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "border of an article of clothing doubled back and stitched together",
"word": "貼邊"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 3 6",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "tiēbiān",
"sense": "border of an article of clothing doubled back and stitched together",
"word": "贴边"
},
{
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"code": "cim",
"lang": "Cimbrian",
"note": "of a skirt",
"sense": "border of an article of clothing doubled back and stitched together",
"word": "dantza"
},
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"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "border of an article of clothing doubled back and stitched together",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "lem"
},
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"code": "cs",
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"sense": "border of an article of clothing doubled back and stitched together",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "obruba"
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"code": "nl",
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"sense": "border of an article of clothing doubled back and stitched together",
"word": "zoom"
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{
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"code": "egy",
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"roman": "npnpt",
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"tags": [
"feminine"
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"sense": "border of an article of clothing doubled back and stitched together",
"word": "orlo"
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "border of an article of clothing doubled back and stitched together",
"word": "päärme"
},
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"_dis1": "91 3 6",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "border of an article of clothing doubled back and stitched together",
"word": "palle"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 3 6",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "border of an article of clothing doubled back and stitched together",
"word": "palte"
},
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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "border of an article of clothing doubled back and stitched together",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ourlet"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 3 6",
"code": "gl",
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"sense": "border of an article of clothing doubled back and stitched together",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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},
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"sense": "border of an article of clothing doubled back and stitched together",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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"sense": "border of an article of clothing doubled back and stitched together",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "rodo"
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"code": "gl",
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"sense": "border of an article of clothing doubled back and stitched together",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"code": "gl",
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"sense": "border of an article of clothing doubled back and stitched together",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "vaíña"
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"_dis1": "91 3 6",
"code": "gl",
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"sense": "border of an article of clothing doubled back and stitched together",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"_dis1": "91 3 6",
"code": "gl",
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"sense": "border of an article of clothing doubled back and stitched together",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "ganduxo"
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{
"_dis1": "91 3 6",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "border of an article of clothing doubled back and stitched together",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "falso"
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"_dis1": "91 3 6",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "border of an article of clothing doubled back and stitched together",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Saum"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 3 6",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "strífoma",
"sense": "border of an article of clothing doubled back and stitched together",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "στρίφωμα"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 3 6",
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "kráspedon",
"sense": "border of an article of clothing doubled back and stitched together",
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"neuter"
],
"word": "κράσπεδον"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 3 6",
"code": "grc",
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"roman": "lôma",
"sense": "border of an article of clothing doubled back and stitched together",
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"neuter"
],
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},
{
"_dis1": "91 3 6",
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"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "óa",
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"tags": [
"feminine"
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{
"_dis1": "91 3 6",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "border of an article of clothing doubled back and stitched together",
"word": "szegély"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 3 6",
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "border of an article of clothing doubled back and stitched together",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "faldur"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 3 6",
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "border of an article of clothing doubled back and stitched together",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "brydding"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 3 6",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "border of an article of clothing doubled back and stitched together",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "orlo"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 3 6",
"alt": "すそ",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "suso",
"sense": "border of an article of clothing doubled back and stitched together",
"word": "裾"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 3 6",
"code": "mi",
"english": "decorated",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "border of an article of clothing doubled back and stitched together",
"word": "kurupatu"
},
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"_dis1": "91 3 6",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "border of an article of clothing doubled back and stitched together",
"word": "remu"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 3 6",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "border of an article of clothing doubled back and stitched together",
"word": "whiringa"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 3 6",
"code": "nrf",
"lang": "Norman",
"sense": "border of an article of clothing doubled back and stitched together",
"tags": [
"Jersey",
"masculine"
],
"word": "ouôlet"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 3 6",
"code": "nrf",
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"sense": "border of an article of clothing doubled back and stitched together",
"tags": [
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"word": "ouôlîn"
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{
"_dis1": "91 3 6",
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "border of an article of clothing doubled back and stitched together",
"tags": [
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"word": "fald"
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"code": "ang",
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"sense": "border of an article of clothing doubled back and stitched together",
"tags": [
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"word": "fæs"
},
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"_dis1": "91 3 6",
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"sense": "border of an article of clothing doubled back and stitched together",
"tags": [
"neuter"
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"word": "fnæs"
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{
"_dis1": "91 3 6",
"code": "ang",
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"sense": "border of an article of clothing doubled back and stitched together",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "fnæd"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 3 6",
"code": "ps",
"lang": "Pashto",
"roman": "lamən",
"sense": "border of an article of clothing doubled back and stitched together",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "لمن"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 3 6",
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "sejâf",
"sense": "border of an article of clothing doubled back and stitched together",
"word": "سجاف"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 3 6",
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "far-âviz",
"sense": "border of an article of clothing doubled back and stitched together",
"word": "فرآویز"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 3 6",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "border of an article of clothing doubled back and stitched together",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "obrębek"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 3 6",
"code": "pl",
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"sense": "border of an article of clothing doubled back and stitched together",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "obszycie"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 3 6",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "border of an article of clothing doubled back and stitched together",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "bainha"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 3 6",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "obodók",
"sense": "border of an article of clothing doubled back and stitched together",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ободо́к"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 3 6",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "kajmá",
"sense": "border of an article of clothing doubled back and stitched together",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "кайма́"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 3 6",
"alt": "подши́тый",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "kraj",
"sense": "border of an article of clothing doubled back and stitched together",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "край"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 3 6",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "krómka",
"sense": "border of an article of clothing doubled back and stitched together",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "кро́мка"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 3 6",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "podgibka",
"sense": "border of an article of clothing doubled back and stitched together",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "подгибка"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 3 6",
"code": "sa",
"lang": "Sanskrit",
"roman": "daśā",
"sense": "border of an article of clothing doubled back and stitched together",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "दशा"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 3 6",
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "border of an article of clothing doubled back and stitched together",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "fàitheam"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 3 6",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "border of an article of clothing doubled back and stitched together",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"masculine"
],
"word": "ру̑б"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 3 6",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "border of an article of clothing doubled back and stitched together",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"masculine"
],
"word": "по̀руб"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 3 6",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "border of an article of clothing doubled back and stitched together",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"masculine"
],
"word": "rȗb"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 3 6",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "border of an article of clothing doubled back and stitched together",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"masculine"
],
"word": "pòrub"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 3 6",
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "border of an article of clothing doubled back and stitched together",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "lem"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 3 6",
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "border of an article of clothing doubled back and stitched together",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "obruba"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 3 6",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "border of an article of clothing doubled back and stitched together",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "dobladillo"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 3 6",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "border of an article of clothing doubled back and stitched together",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "bastilla"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 3 6",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "border of an article of clothing doubled back and stitched together",
"word": "fåll"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 3 6",
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "border of an article of clothing doubled back and stitched together",
"word": "lilip"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 3 6",
"code": "yka",
"lang": "Yakan",
"sense": "border of an article of clothing doubled back and stitched together",
"word": "kikim"
}
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"A rim or margin of something."
],
"id": "en-hem-en-noun-hvduAiOh",
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "7 68 25",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "kraj",
"sense": "rim or margin",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "край"
},
{
"_dis1": "7 68 25",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "rǎb",
"sense": "rim or margin",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ръб"
},
{
"_dis1": "7 68 25",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "rim or margin",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "obruba"
},
{
"_dis1": "7 68 25",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "rim or margin",
"word": "marge"
},
{
"_dis1": "7 68 25",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "rim or margin",
"word": "ääri"
},
{
"_dis1": "7 68 25",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "rim or margin",
"word": "reuna"
},
{
"_dis1": "7 68 25",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "rim or margin",
"word": "lieve"
},
{
"_dis1": "7 68 25",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "rim or margin",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "marge"
},
{
"_dis1": "7 68 25",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "rim or margin",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "bordo"
},
{
"_dis1": "7 68 25",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "rim or margin",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "marxe"
},
{
"_dis1": "7 68 25",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "rim or margin",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "beira"
},
{
"_dis1": "7 68 25",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "rim or margin",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Rand"
},
{
"_dis1": "7 68 25",
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "kráspedon",
"sense": "rim or margin",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "κράσπεδον"
},
{
"_dis1": "7 68 25",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "rim or margin",
"word": "tapa"
},
{
"_dis1": "7 68 25",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "rim or margin",
"word": "taku"
},
{
"_dis1": "7 68 25",
"code": "ps",
"lang": "Pashto",
"roman": "lamən",
"sense": "rim or margin",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "لمن"
},
{
"_dis1": "7 68 25",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "kraj",
"sense": "rim or margin",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "край"
},
{
"_dis1": "7 68 25",
"code": "sa",
"lang": "Sanskrit",
"roman": "daśā",
"sense": "rim or margin",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "दशा"
},
{
"_dis1": "7 68 25",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "rim or margin",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "borde"
},
{
"_dis1": "7 68 25",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "rim or margin",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "margen"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "21 7 12 6 17 2 8 5 6 18",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English pronouns",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"In sheet metal design, a rim or edge folded back on itself to create a smooth edge and to increase strength or rigidity."
],
"id": "en-hem-en-noun-XA~beubU",
"links": [
[
"sheet metal",
"sheet metal"
],
[
"rim",
"rim"
],
[
"edge",
"edge"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/hɛm/"
},
{
"ipa": "/hɪm/",
"tags": [
"pin-pen-merger"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɛm"
},
{
"homophone": "him (pin-pen merger)"
},
{
"audio": "en-us-hem.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/39/En-us-hem.ogg/En-us-hem.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/39/En-us-hem.ogg",
"tags": [
"US"
],
"text": "Audio (US)"
},
{
"enpr": "hĕm"
}
],
"word": "hem"
}
{
"derived": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "hem in"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "hemmer"
}
],
"etymology_number": 2,
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "enm",
"3": "hem"
},
"expansion": "Middle English hem",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "hemm"
},
"expansion": "hemm",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ang",
"3": "hemm"
},
"expansion": "Old English hemm",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "gmw",
"3": "-"
},
"expansion": "West Germanic",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "gmw-pro",
"3": "*hammjan"
},
"expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *hammjan",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "gmh",
"2": "hemmen",
"t": "to hem in"
},
"expansion": "Middle High German hemmen (“to hem in”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "non",
"2": "hemja",
"t": "to hem in, restrain"
},
"expansion": "Old Norse hemja (“to hem in, restrain”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "hy",
"2": "քամել",
"t": "to press, wring"
},
"expansion": "Armenian քամել (kʿamel, “to press, wring”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ru",
"2": "ком",
"t": "lump"
},
"expansion": "Russian ком (kom, “lump”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "enm",
"3": "hemmen"
},
"expansion": "Middle English hemmen",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ang",
"3": "hemman"
},
"expansion": "Old English hemman",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "gem-pro",
"3": "*hamjaną"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Germanic *hamjaną",
"name": "inh"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle English hem, hemm, in turn from Old English hemm, of West Germanic origin, from Proto-West Germanic *hammjan. Related to Middle High German hemmen (“to hem in”), Old Norse hemja (“to hem in, restrain”); outside of Germanic, to Armenian քամել (kʿamel, “to press, wring”), Russian ком (kom, “lump”).\nThe verb is from Middle English hemmen, from Old English hemman, from Proto-Germanic *hamjaną, or alternatively derived from the noun.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "hems",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "hemming",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "hemmed",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "hemmed",
"tags": [
"past"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "hem (third-person singular simple present hems, present participle hemming, simple past and past participle hemmed)",
"name": "en-verb"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Sewing",
"orig": "en:Sewing",
"parents": [
"Crafts",
"Society",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To make a hem."
],
"id": "en-hem-en-verb-en:make_hem",
"links": [
[
"sewing",
"sewing#Noun"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(sewing, intransitive) To make a hem."
],
"senseid": [
"en:make hem"
],
"tags": [
"intransitive"
],
"topics": [
"business",
"manufacturing",
"sewing",
"textiles"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "podgǎvam",
"sense": "to make a hem",
"word": "подгъвам"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "porǎbvam",
"sense": "to make a hem",
"word": "поръбвам"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to make a hem",
"word": "縫邊"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "féngbiān",
"sense": "to make a hem",
"word": "缝边"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to make a hem",
"word": "päärmätä"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to make a hem",
"word": "paltata"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to make a hem",
"word": "ourler"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to make a hem",
"word": "säumen"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to make a hem",
"word": "szeg"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0",
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "to make a hem",
"word": "falda"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "podšivátʹ",
"sense": "to make a hem",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "подшива́ть"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "podšítʹ",
"sense": "to make a hem",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "подши́ть"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"glosses": [
"To put hem on an article of clothing, to edge or put a border on something."
],
"id": "en-hem-en-verb-zGkrCsuZ",
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) To put hem on an article of clothing, to edge or put a border on something."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "2 94 4",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "podgǎvam",
"sense": "to put hem on an article of clothing",
"word": "подгъвам"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 94 4",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to put hem on an article of clothing",
"word": "zomen"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 94 4",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to put hem on an article of clothing",
"word": "päärmätä"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 94 4",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to put hem on an article of clothing",
"word": "paltata"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 94 4",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to put hem on an article of clothing",
"word": "ourler"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 94 4",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to put hem on an article of clothing",
"word": "säumen"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 94 4",
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "to put hem on an article of clothing",
"word": "falda"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 94 4",
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "to put hem on an article of clothing",
"word": "bordizar"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 94 4",
"code": "nrf",
"lang": "Norman",
"sense": "to put hem on an article of clothing",
"tags": [
"Jersey"
],
"word": "toussôter"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 94 4",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to put hem on an article of clothing",
"word": "embainhar"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 94 4",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to put hem on an article of clothing",
"word": "bainhar"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 94 4",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "podšivátʹ",
"sense": "to put hem on an article of clothing",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "подшива́ть"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 94 4",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "podšítʹ",
"sense": "to put hem on an article of clothing",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "подши́ть"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 94 4",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "obšivátʹ",
"sense": "to put hem on an article of clothing",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "обшива́ть"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 94 4",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "obšítʹ",
"sense": "to put hem on an article of clothing",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "обши́ть"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "21 7 12 6 17 2 8 5 6 18",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English pronouns",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "A small yard hemmed about by a tall hedge.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "1862, John Williamson Palmer, Stonewall Jackson's Way",
"text": "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.”\nThe 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."
}
],
"glosses": [
"To shut in, enclose, confine; to surround something or someone in a confining way."
],
"id": "en-hem-en-verb-AGQMdUxK",
"links": [
[
"shut in",
"shut in"
],
[
"enclose",
"enclose"
],
[
"confine",
"confine"
],
[
"surround",
"surround"
],
[
"confining",
"confining"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) To shut in, enclose, confine; to surround something or someone in a confining way."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "1 2 97",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to surround something or someone in a confining way",
"word": "lemovat"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 2 97",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to surround something or someone in a confining way",
"word": "omzomen"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 2 97",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to surround something or someone in a confining way",
"word": "inperken"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 2 97",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to surround something or someone in a confining way",
"word": "ympäröidä"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 2 97",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to surround something or someone in a confining way",
"word": "einengen"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 2 97",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to surround something or someone in a confining way",
"word": "pākaka"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 2 97",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to surround something or someone in a confining way",
"word": "pākorokoro"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 2 97",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to surround something or someone in a confining way",
"word": "awhe"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 2 97",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to surround something or someone in a confining way",
"word": "cercar"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 2 97",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "okajmljátʹ",
"sense": "to surround something or someone in a confining way",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "окаймля́ть"
},
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"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
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"sense": "border of an article of clothing doubled back and stitched together",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ὄα"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "border of an article of clothing doubled back and stitched together",
"word": "szegély"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "border of an article of clothing doubled back and stitched together",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "faldur"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "border of an article of clothing doubled back and stitched together",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "brydding"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "border of an article of clothing doubled back and stitched together",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "orlo"
},
{
"alt": "すそ",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "suso",
"sense": "border of an article of clothing doubled back and stitched together",
"word": "裾"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"english": "decorated",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "border of an article of clothing doubled back and stitched together",
"word": "kurupatu"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "border of an article of clothing doubled back and stitched together",
"word": "remu"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "border of an article of clothing doubled back and stitched together",
"word": "whiringa"
},
{
"code": "nrf",
"lang": "Norman",
"sense": "border of an article of clothing doubled back and stitched together",
"tags": [
"Jersey",
"masculine"
],
"word": "ouôlet"
},
{
"code": "nrf",
"lang": "Norman",
"sense": "border of an article of clothing doubled back and stitched together",
"tags": [
"Jersey",
"masculine"
],
"word": "ouôlîn"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "border of an article of clothing doubled back and stitched together",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "fald"
},
{
"code": "ang",
"lang": "Old English",
"sense": "border of an article of clothing doubled back and stitched together",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "fæs"
},
{
"code": "ang",
"lang": "Old English",
"sense": "border of an article of clothing doubled back and stitched together",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "fnæs"
},
{
"code": "ang",
"lang": "Old English",
"sense": "border of an article of clothing doubled back and stitched together",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "fnæd"
},
{
"code": "ps",
"lang": "Pashto",
"roman": "lamən",
"sense": "border of an article of clothing doubled back and stitched together",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "لمن"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "sejâf",
"sense": "border of an article of clothing doubled back and stitched together",
"word": "سجاف"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "far-âviz",
"sense": "border of an article of clothing doubled back and stitched together",
"word": "فرآویز"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "border of an article of clothing doubled back and stitched together",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "obrębek"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "border of an article of clothing doubled back and stitched together",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "obszycie"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "border of an article of clothing doubled back and stitched together",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "bainha"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "obodók",
"sense": "border of an article of clothing doubled back and stitched together",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ободо́к"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "kajmá",
"sense": "border of an article of clothing doubled back and stitched together",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "кайма́"
},
{
"alt": "подши́тый",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "kraj",
"sense": "border of an article of clothing doubled back and stitched together",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "край"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "krómka",
"sense": "border of an article of clothing doubled back and stitched together",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "кро́мка"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "podgibka",
"sense": "border of an article of clothing doubled back and stitched together",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "подгибка"
},
{
"code": "sa",
"lang": "Sanskrit",
"roman": "daśā",
"sense": "border of an article of clothing doubled back and stitched together",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "दशा"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "border of an article of clothing doubled back and stitched together",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "fàitheam"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "border of an article of clothing doubled back and stitched together",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"masculine"
],
"word": "ру̑б"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "border of an article of clothing doubled back and stitched together",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"masculine"
],
"word": "по̀руб"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "border of an article of clothing doubled back and stitched together",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"masculine"
],
"word": "rȗb"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "border of an article of clothing doubled back and stitched together",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"masculine"
],
"word": "pòrub"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "border of an article of clothing doubled back and stitched together",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "lem"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "border of an article of clothing doubled back and stitched together",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "obruba"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "border of an article of clothing doubled back and stitched together",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "dobladillo"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "border of an article of clothing doubled back and stitched together",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "bastilla"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "border of an article of clothing doubled back and stitched together",
"word": "fåll"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "border of an article of clothing doubled back and stitched together",
"word": "lilip"
},
{
"code": "yka",
"lang": "Yakan",
"sense": "border of an article of clothing doubled back and stitched together",
"word": "kikim"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "kraj",
"sense": "rim or margin",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "край"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "rǎb",
"sense": "rim or margin",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ръб"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "rim or margin",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "obruba"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "rim or margin",
"word": "marge"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "rim or margin",
"word": "ääri"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "rim or margin",
"word": "reuna"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "rim or margin",
"word": "lieve"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "rim or margin",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "marge"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "rim or margin",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "bordo"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "rim or margin",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "marxe"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "rim or margin",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "beira"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "rim or margin",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Rand"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "kráspedon",
"sense": "rim or margin",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "κράσπεδον"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "rim or margin",
"word": "tapa"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "rim or margin",
"word": "taku"
},
{
"code": "ps",
"lang": "Pashto",
"roman": "lamən",
"sense": "rim or margin",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "لمن"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "kraj",
"sense": "rim or margin",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "край"
},
{
"code": "sa",
"lang": "Sanskrit",
"roman": "daśā",
"sense": "rim or margin",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "दशा"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "rim or margin",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "borde"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "rim or margin",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "margen"
}
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}
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"English nouns",
"English pronouns",
"English terms derived from Middle English",
"English terms derived from Old English",
"English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
"English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
"English terms derived from West Germanic languages",
"English terms inherited from Middle English",
"English terms inherited from Old English",
"English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
"English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
"English terms with IPA pronunciation",
"English terms with audio links",
"English terms with homophones",
"English verbs",
"Rhymes:English/ɛm",
"Rhymes:English/ɛm/1 syllable"
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"name": "cog"
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{
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"name": "cog"
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{
"args": {
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"name": "cog"
},
{
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"t": "lump"
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"name": "cog"
},
{
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"1": "en",
"2": "enm",
"3": "hemmen"
},
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"name": "inh"
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{
"args": {
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"2": "ang",
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"name": "inh"
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{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "gem-pro",
"3": "*hamjaną"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Germanic *hamjaną",
"name": "inh"
}
],
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"singular",
"third-person"
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{
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"present"
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{
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],
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"To make a hem."
],
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[
"sewing",
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"(sewing, intransitive) To make a hem."
],
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],
"tags": [
"intransitive"
],
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"business",
"manufacturing",
"sewing",
"textiles"
]
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"To put hem on an article of clothing, to edge or put a border on something."
],
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"(transitive) To put hem on an article of clothing, to edge or put a border on something."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
]
},
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"English transitive verbs"
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"text": "A small yard hemmed about by a tall hedge.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "1862, John Williamson Palmer, Stonewall Jackson's Way",
"text": "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.”\nThe 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."
}
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"To shut in, enclose, confine; to surround something or someone in a confining way."
],
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[
"shut in",
"shut in"
],
[
"enclose",
"enclose"
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[
"confine",
"confine"
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[
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"surround"
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[
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"confining"
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],
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"(transitive) To shut in, enclose, confine; to surround something or someone in a confining way."
],
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"transitive"
]
}
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{
"ipa": "/hɛm/"
},
{
"ipa": "/hɪm/",
"tags": [
"pin-pen-merger"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɛm"
},
{
"homophone": "him (pin-pen merger)"
},
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"audio": "en-us-hem.ogg",
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{
"enpr": "hĕm"
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{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "podgǎvam",
"sense": "to make a hem",
"word": "подгъвам"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "porǎbvam",
"sense": "to make a hem",
"word": "поръбвам"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to make a hem",
"word": "縫邊"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "féngbiān",
"sense": "to make a hem",
"word": "缝边"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to make a hem",
"word": "päärmätä"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to make a hem",
"word": "paltata"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to make a hem",
"word": "ourler"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to make a hem",
"word": "säumen"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to make a hem",
"word": "szeg"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "to make a hem",
"word": "falda"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "podšivátʹ",
"sense": "to make a hem",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "подшива́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "podšítʹ",
"sense": "to make a hem",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "подши́ть"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "podgǎvam",
"sense": "to put hem on an article of clothing",
"word": "подгъвам"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to put hem on an article of clothing",
"word": "zomen"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to put hem on an article of clothing",
"word": "päärmätä"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to put hem on an article of clothing",
"word": "paltata"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to put hem on an article of clothing",
"word": "ourler"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to put hem on an article of clothing",
"word": "säumen"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "to put hem on an article of clothing",
"word": "falda"
},
{
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "to put hem on an article of clothing",
"word": "bordizar"
},
{
"code": "nrf",
"lang": "Norman",
"sense": "to put hem on an article of clothing",
"tags": [
"Jersey"
],
"word": "toussôter"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to put hem on an article of clothing",
"word": "embainhar"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to put hem on an article of clothing",
"word": "bainhar"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "podšivátʹ",
"sense": "to put hem on an article of clothing",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "подшива́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "podšítʹ",
"sense": "to put hem on an article of clothing",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "подши́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "obšivátʹ",
"sense": "to put hem on an article of clothing",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "обшива́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "obšítʹ",
"sense": "to put hem on an article of clothing",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "обши́ть"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to surround something or someone in a confining way",
"word": "lemovat"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to surround something or someone in a confining way",
"word": "omzomen"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to surround something or someone in a confining way",
"word": "inperken"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to surround something or someone in a confining way",
"word": "ympäröidä"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to surround something or someone in a confining way",
"word": "einengen"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to surround something or someone in a confining way",
"word": "pākaka"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to surround something or someone in a confining way",
"word": "pākorokoro"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to surround something or someone in a confining way",
"word": "awhe"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to surround something or someone in a confining way",
"word": "cercar"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "okajmljátʹ",
"sense": "to surround something or someone in a confining way",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "окаймля́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "okajmítʹ",
"sense": "to surround something or someone in a confining way",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "окайми́ть"
}
],
"word": "hem"
}
{
"categories": [
"English lemmas",
"English pronouns",
"English terms derived from Middle English",
"English terms derived from Old English",
"English terms inherited from Middle English",
"English terms inherited from Old English"
],
"etymology_number": 3,
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "enm",
"3": "hem"
},
"expansion": "Middle English hem",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ang",
"3": "heom",
"pos": "dative",
"t": "them"
},
"expansion": "Old English heom (“them”, dative)",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "'em"
},
"expansion": "'em",
"name": "m"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle English hem, from Old English heom (“them”, dative), originally a dative plural form but in Middle English coming to serve as an accusative plural as well. More at 'em.",
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"10": "",
"11": "",
"12": "",
"13": "",
"14": "",
"15": "",
"16": "",
"17": "",
"18": "",
"19": "",
"2": "pronoun",
"20": "",
"3": "",
"4": "",
"5": "",
"6": "",
"7": "",
"8": "",
"9": "",
"head": ""
},
"expansion": "hem",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "hem",
"name": "en-pron"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "pron",
"senses": [
{
"alt_of": [
{
"word": "'em"
}
],
"categories": [
"English obsolete forms",
"English terms with quotations",
"Quotation templates to be cleaned"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1481, William Caxton, The Historie of Reynart the Foxe",
"text": "And wente to the kinge and to the queene, and said to hem with a glad cheer.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "1485, William Caxton, Paris and Vienne",
"text": "For eyther of hem mayntened.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "1591, John Florio, Second Frutes to be gathered of twelve trees, of diverse but delightful tastes to the tongues of Italian and English",
"text": "‘What thinke you of this English, tel me I pray you.’ ‘It is a language that wyl do you good in England but passe Dover, it is woorth nothing.’ ‘Is it not used then in other countreyes?’ ‘No sir, with whom wyl you that they speake?’ ‘With English marchants.’ ‘English marchantes, when they are out of England, it liketh hem not, and they doo not speake it.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Obsolete form of 'em."
],
"links": [
[
"'em",
"'em#English"
]
],
"tags": [
"alt-of",
"obsolete"
]
}
],
"word": "hem"
}
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