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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Hem \Hem\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hemmed; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Hemming.]
     1. To form a hem or border to; to fold and sew down the edge
        of. --Wordsworth.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. To border; to edge
        [1913 Webster]
  
              All the skirt about
              Was hemmed with golden fringe.        --Spenser.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     To hem about, To hem around, or To hem in, to inclose
        and confine; to surround; to environ. ``With valiant
        squadrons round about to hem.'' --Fairfax. ``Hemmed in to
        be a spoil to tyranny.'' --Daniel.
  
     To hem out, to shut out. ``You can not hem me out of
        London.'' --J. Webster.
        [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Hem \Hem\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hemmed; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Hemming.]
     1. To form a hem or border to; to fold and sew down the edge
        of. --Wordsworth.
  
     2. To border; to edge
  
              All the skirt about Was hemmed with golden fringe.
                                                    --Spenser.
  
     To hem about, around, or in, to inclose and confine; to
        surround; to environ. ``With valiant squadrons round about
        to hem.'' --Fairfax. ``Hemmed in to be a spoil to
        tyranny.'' --Daniel.
  
     To hem out, to shut out. ``You can not hem me out of
        London.'' --J. Webster.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  hemming
       See hem

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  hem
       n : lap that forms a cloth border doubled back and stitched down
       v 1: fold over and sew together to provide with a hem; "hem my
            skirt"
       2: utter `hem' or `ahem'
       [also: hemming, hemmed]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  Hemming
     Σουηδικά n.
     ανδρικό όνομα

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  hemming
     n.
     The act of saying "hem", in intermission or hesitation of
  speech.
     vb.
     (present participle of en hem nocat=1)

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  Hemming
     n.
     (surname: en).
     Swedish n.
     (given name sv male)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  hemming
     n.
     The act of saying "hem", in intermission or hesitation of
  speech.
     vb.
     (present participle of en hem nocat=1)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  Hemming
     n.
     (surname: en).

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  hemming
     n.
     The act of saying "hem", in intermission or hesitation of
  speech.
     vb.
     (present participle of en hem nocat=1)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  Hemming
     n.
     (surname: en).
     Swedish n.
     (given name sv male)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  hemming
     n.
     The act of saying "hem", in intermission or hesitation of
  speech.
     vb.
     (present participle of en hem nocat=1)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  Hemming
     n.
     (surname: en).
     Swedish n.
     (given name sv male)

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  Hemming
     Ruotsi n.
     (etunimi sv m)

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  Hemming
     n.
     (tagg: kat=mansnamn) ett mansnamn

From Swedish Wiktionary: Swedish language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-sv-2023-07-27 ]

  Hemming
     n.
     (tagg: kat=mansnamn) ett mansnamn

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Hemming /hˈɛmɪŋ/
  الكفّ

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  hemming /hˈɛmɪŋ/ 
  lemování

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  hemming /hˈɛmɪŋ/ 
  lemovací

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  hemming /hˈɛmɪŋ/
  Falzen  [techn.]

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  hemming /hˈɛmɪŋ/
  sich räuspernd
   see: hem, hemmed
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  hemming /hˈɛmɪŋ/
  säumend, endelnd
     Synonyms: seaming, putting a hem, welting
  
   see: seam sth., hem sth., put a hem on sth., welt sth., seamed, hemmed, put a hem on, welted, seams, hems, welts, seamed, hemmed, welted, unhemmed
  

From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 :   [ freedict:eng-hun ]

  hemming /hˈɛmɪŋ/
  1. hümmögés
  2. szegés

From Norwegian Nynorsk-Norwegian Bokmål FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.1 :   [ freedict:nno-nob ]

  Hemming
  Hemming

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/ˈhɛmɪŋ/

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     卷边; 卷边

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