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Meaning:
Interjection:
- Used to fill in the gap of a pause with a vocalized sound.
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Noun:
- A rim or margin of something.
- In sheet metal design, a rim or edge folded back on itself to create a smooth edge and to increase strength or rigidity.
- rfv-sense Someone who is afraid of change to the point of total inaction. (From a book by Spencer Johnson, M.D., ''Who moved my cheese'', about a character who was always against change.)
- sewing The border of an article of clothing doubled back and stitched together to finish the edge and prevent it from fraying.
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Pronoun:
- obsolete Them (typically after a preposition, or otherwise with accusative or dative force).
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Verb:
- intransitive (''in sewing'') To make a hem.
- intransitive (''in speaking'') To make a sound like ''hem'' (usually coupled with ''"haw"'' as in "hemmed and hawed.")
- transitive: To put hem on an article of clothing, to edge or put a border on something.
- transitive: To surround something or someone in a confining way.
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