A short cough or clearing of the throat made especially to gain attention, warn another, hide embarrassment, or fill a pause in speech.
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An edge or border on a piece of cloth, especially a finished edge, as for a garment or curtain, made by folding an edge under and stitching it down.
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The height or level of the bottom edge of a skirt, dress, or coat; a hemline.
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A border of a cloth article doubled back and stitched down.
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The edge of a piece of cloth or clothing which has been turned under and sewn:.
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idiom
Hem and haw To be hesitant and indecisive; equivocate: "a leader who cannot make up his or her mind, never knows what to do, hems and haws” ( Margaret Thatcher).
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verb-transitive
To fold back and stitch down the edge of.
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To surround and shut in; enclose: a valley hemmed in by mountains. See Synonyms at enclose.
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verb-intransitive
To hesitate in speech.
from The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
To utter a hem.
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verb
To finish with a hem.
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To surround in a restrictive manner.
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To make a hem in sewing.
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To utter the sound represented by.
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Turn under and sew the edge of (a piece of cloth):.
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