hem in's Usage Examples:

A hem in knitting is the edge of a piece of knitted fabric that is parallel to the rows of stitches, as compared to a selvage, which is perpendicular to.

remaining threads in a variety of decorative patterns while securing the hem in place.

A hem in sewing is a garment finishing method, where the edge of a piece of cloth is folded and sewn to prevent unravelling of the fabric and to adjust.

it is one of the top tourist destinations in Antarctica; steep cliffs hem in the iceberg-filled passage, which is 11 km long and just 1,600 metres wide.

The Swedish attempt to hem in the Russians was rebuffed as the Russian victory became the last battle.

Nym figes, ' boille hem in wyn, ' bray hem in a morter with lied bred; tempre hit vp with goud wyn / boille it / do therto good spicere, ' hole resons.

The three hunters are trying to hem in the bear, and block its movements.

The buffaloes attempt to hem in the tigers.

side has more pieces than the other with the larger side attempting to hem in the smaller side.

that failed to hem in Spartacus and his fellow slaves on Mt.

Cast hem in a pot; do thereto half wyne and Half water; and do thereto a gode quantite of oynonns and erbest.

Synonyms:

skirt; border; ring; environ; surround; hedge;

Antonyms:

finish; evolution; open; confront; tide;