Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to hem
Participle: hemmed
Gerund: hemming
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | hem |
| you | hem |
| he;she;it | hems |
| we | hem |
| you | hem |
| they | hem |
Perfect
| I | have hemmed |
| you | have hemmed |
| he;she;it | has hemmed |
| we | have hemmed |
| you | have hemmed |
| they | have hemmed |
Past
| I | hemmed |
| you | hemmed |
| he;she;it | hemmed |
| we | hemmed |
| you | hemmed |
| they | hemmed |
Pluperfect
| I | had hemmed |
| you | had hemmed |
| he;she;it | had hemmed |
| we | had hemmed |
| you | had hemmed |
| they | had hemmed |
Future
| I | will hem |
| you | will hem |
| he;she;it | will hem |
| we | will hem |
| you | will hem |
| they | will hem |
Future Perfect
| I | will have hemmed |
| you | will have hemmed |
| he;she;it | will have hemmed |
| we | will have hemmed |
| you | will have hemmed |
| they | will have hemmed |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | hem |
| you | hem |
| he;she;it | hem |
| we | hem |
| you | hem |
| they | hem |
Perfect
| I | have hemmed |
| you | have hemmed |
| he;she;it | have hemmed |
| we | have hemmed |
| you | have hemmed |
| they | have hemmed |
Imperfect
| I | hemmed |
| you | hemmed |
| he;she;it | hemmed |
| we | hemmed |
| you | hemmed |
| they | hemmed |
Pluperfect
| I | had hemmed |
| you | had hemmed |
| he;she;it | had hemmed |
| we | had hemmed |
| you | had hemmed |
| they | had hemmed |
Conditional
Present
| I | would hem |
| you | would hem |
| he;she;it | would hem |
| we | would hem |
| you | would hem |
| they | would hem |
Perfect
| I | would have hemmed |
| you | would have hemmed |
| he;she;it | would have hemmed |
| we | would have hemmed |
| you | would have hemmed |
| they | would have hemmed |
Imperative
| you | hem |
| we | Let's hem |
| you | hem |
Verbs conjugated like 'hem'
abet,
abhor,
abut,
acquit,
admit,
affrap,
allot,
alum,
amel,
amit,
anagram,
anvil,
apparel,
aret,
arret,
assot,
astun,
attrap,
augur,
avel, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'hem'
gem,
ham,
helm,
hen,
hep,
hew,
hex,
hmm,
hum,
wem,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Etymology
1. O.E.
hem "a border," from P.Gmc.
*khamjanan (cf. O.N.
hemja "to bridle, curb," O.Fris.
hemma "to hinder," M.Du., Ger.
hemmen "to hem in, stop, hinder"), from the same root that yielded
hamper and O.E.
hamm, common in place names (where it means "enclosure, land hemmed in by water or high ground, land in a river bend"). The phrase
hem in "shut in, confine," first recorded 1538.
Hem-line first attested 1923.
2. A sound uttered in imitation of clearing the throat (onomatopoeia)
Verbs referencing "hem"
German, old spelling
hemmen, Ukrainian
гамувати.
Sample Sentences
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[...] stir, coming across the stirring water, caught new life and animation from its free companionship; and, sympathising with its buoyant spirits, glistened as it seemed in sport upon its surface, and hemmed the vessel round, and plashed the water high about her sides, and, floating her gallantly into the dock, flew off again to welcome other comers, and speed before them to the busy port.
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] Sometimes the engine stopped during a long interval, and then before her and behind, and gathering close about her on all sides, were so many of these ill-favoured obstacles that she was fairly hemmed in; the centre of a floating island; and was constrained to pause until they parted, somewhere, as dark clouds will do before the wind, and opened by degrees a channel out.
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] along a glittering path of sunlit water, with here and there a skiff, whose white sail often bends on some new tack as sudden flaws of wind come down upon her from the gullies in the hills: hemmed in, besides, all round with memories of Washington, and events of the revolutionary war: is the Military School of America.
(American Notes for General Circulation)