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▸ noun:  An utterance or sound of the voice like "hem", often indicative of hesitation or doubt, sometimes used to call attention.
▸ verb:  To make the sound expressed by the word hem; to hesitate in speaking.
▸ noun:  (sewing) The border of an article of clothing doubled back and stitched together to finish the edge and prevent it from fraying.
▸ noun:  A rim or margin of something.
▸ noun:  In sheet metal design, a rim or edge folded back on itself to create a smooth edge and to increase strength or rigidity.
▸ verb:  (sewing, intransitive) To make a hem.
▸ verb:  (transitive) To put hem on an article of clothing, to edge or put a border on something.
▸ verb:  (transitive) To shut in, enclose, confine; to surround something or someone in a confining way.
▸ noun:  A surname.

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