hem
hem is a 3-letter English word with 13 senses as pronoun, interjection, noun, intransitive verb, transitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Them. Face value is 8 in Scrabble and 8 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
Definitions
- pronoun. Them
- interjection. 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.
- noun. An utterance or sound of the voice, hem or hm, often indicative of hesitation or doubt, sometimes used to call attention.
- intransitive verb. To make the sound expressed by the word hem; hence, to hesitate in speaking.
- noun. The edge or border of a garment or cloth, doubled over and sewed, to strengthen raveling.
- noun. Border; edge; margin.
- noun. A border made on sheet-metal ware by doubling over the edge of the sheet, to stiffen it and remove the sharp edge.
- transitive verb. To form a hem or border to; to fold and sew down the edge of.
- transitive verb. To border; to edge
- noun. the edge of a piece of cloth; especially the finished edge that has been doubled under and stitched down
"the hem of her dress was stained"
"let down the hem"
- noun. the utterance of a sound similar to clearing the throat; intended to get attention, express hesitancy, fill a pause, hide embarrassment, warn a friend, etc.
- verb. utter `hem' or `ahem'
- verb. fold over and sew together to provide with a hem
"hem my skirt"
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Other playable words that use exactly the letters in hem:
Common word forms
hems, hemal, hemen, hemes, heming, hemmed, hemmer, hemming
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