hem
suomi-englanti sanakirjahem englannista suomeksi
hymähtää, sanoa öhöm
helma
päärmätä, palttaa
öhöm
hem englanniksi
Used to fill in the gap of a pause with a vocalized sound.
An utterance or sound of the voice like "hem", often indicative of hesitation or doubt, sometimes used to call attention.
January 8, 1712', (w), ''The Spectator'' No. 269
- his morning hems
To make the sound expressed by the word ''hem''; to hesitate in speaking.
(RQ:Shakespeare Much Ado About Nothing)
(RQ:Emily Bronte Wuthering Heights)
(senseid) 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.
(RQ:Shakespeare Timon of Athens)
In metal design, a rim or edge folded back on itself to create a smooth edge and to increase strength or rigidity.
(senseid) To make a hem.
To put hem on an article of clothing, to edge or put a border on something.
To in, enclose, confine; to surround something or someone in a confining way.
(uxi)
(Q)|quote=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.”The 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.|year=1862
(obsolete form of)
(quote-book)
{{RQ:Spenser Shepheardes Calender|May|year=1586
(RQ:Jonson Every Man in His Humour)
(RQ:Chapman Eastward Hoe)
(ca-verb form of)
him; (ng)
it (gl)
interjection expressing doubt and/or hesitation
(syn)
(ux)
(alt form of)
(l) (gloss)
(verb form of)
shirt, an article of clothing that is worn on the upper part of the body, and often has sleeves, either long or short, that cover the arms
heme: the component of hemoglobin (and other hemoproteins) responsible for binding oxygen
(ng)
(inflection of)
(senseid) (n-g) them
14th c. (w), ''(w)''. General Prologue: 9–11.
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(quote-book)41|passage=And with alle these men I was ofte homli and I comownede with hem long tyme and fele, and so bifore alle othir men I chees wilfulli to be enformed bi hem and of hem, and speciali of Wiclef himsilf, as of the moost vertuous and goodlich wise man that I herde of owhere either knew.
(quote-book) lyff(sqbrace) and to luk waraly for the cummyng of the lord.
hem (gl)
(alt form)
(infl of)
(alternative form of)
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home (to one's home)
(ux) for why there is (m), (m), or the like (though "I want home!" also works in English here)
to someone's home (more generally); to someone's place / house / home, to of person's, etc.
(quote-song) hem till sitt? Ska vi göra som dom andra och (l) oss åt varandra, eller ska (l) sköta sitt?|t=Shall we go to your place to you or to my place to me, or each one
a home; one's dwelling place, as in a house or a more general geographical place; the abiding place of the affections.
a home; an institution
(h-prothesis of)