(sewing) 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.

Used to fill in the gap of a pause with a vocalized sound.

To make the sound expressed by the word hem; to hesitate in speaking.

An utterance or sound of the voice like "hem", often indicative of hesitation or doubt, sometimes used to call attention.

(intransitive) (in sewing) To make a hem. / (transitive): To put hem on an article of clothing, to edge or put a border on something.

Obsolete form of 'em.

present participle of hem

simple past tense and past participle of hem

The act of saying "hem", in intermission or hesitation of speech.

plural of hemming