hem
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hem |
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adjoin, bank, bar, beading, befringe, begird,
beset, bind, binding, board, border, bordering, bordure, bound, box, box in, box up, brim, brink, brow, bulkhead in, cage, circle, circumscribe, close in, coast, confine, corral, cramp,
define, edge, edging,
encircle, encompass, enframe,
envelop, falter, featheredge, fence, fimbria, fimbriation,
flange, flounce, frame, frill, frilling, fringe, furbelow, galloon, gird, girdle, halt, haw, hedge, hem and haw, hem in, hesitate, hum,
hum and haw, immure, keep from spreading, keep within bounds, labellum, labium, labrum, lap, ledge, limb,
limbus, limit, line,
lip, list, localize, mammer, march, marge,
margin, marginate, motif,
narrow, pale, palisade, pen, perimeter, periphery, picket, purfle, purl, qualify, ragged edge, rail, restrict, rim, ring, round, ruffle, selvage, set off, shore,
shut, side, sideline, skirt, skirting, stammer, stint, stumble, stutter, surround, tighten,
trim, trimming, valance, verge, wall, welt
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hem and haw |
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about the bush, back and fill, back down, balance, beat around, beg the question, debate, deliberate, demur, dodge, duck,
equivocate, evade, falter, fear, fence, halt, hang back, haw, hedge, hem, hesitate,
hover, hum, hum and haw,
jib, mammer, mince the truth, mince words, palter, parry, pause, ponder, prevaricate,
pull away, pull back, pussyfoot,
put off, recoil, retreat, scruple, sheer off, shift, shift off, shilly-shally, shrink, shy, shy away, shy off, sidestep, stammer, step aside, stick at, stickle, stop to consider, straddle the fence, strain at,
stumble, stutter, swerve, tergiversate, think twice about, waffle, ward off, weasel, withdraw, yield
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hem in |
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beleaguer, beset, besiege, blockade, bottle up, bound, box, box in,
box up, cage, chamber,
check, circumscribe, cloister, close in, compass, confine, constrain, contain, coop, coop in, coop up,
cordon, cordon off, cork up, corral, cramp, crib, detain, encage, encircle, enclose, encompass, enshrine, fence in, hedge in, hem, hold, hold in custody, hold in
restraint, house in, immure, impound, imprison, incarcerate, include, inhibit, jail,
keep from spreading, keep in, keep in custody, keep in detention, keep within bounds, kennel, leaguer,
limit, localize, mew, mew up, narrow, pen, pen in, pen up, pocket,
pound, qualify, quarantine, rail in, restrain, restrict, seal up, shackle, shrine, shut in, shut up,
stable, stint, surround, tighten, wall in, wrap, yard, yard up
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Main entries similar to: hem
adjoin, bank, bar, beading, beset, bind, binding, board,
border, bordering, bound, box, box in, brilliant, brim, brink,
brow, circle, circumscribe, close in, coast, compass, confine, coop,
corral, cramp, define, edge, encircle, enclose, encompass, envelop, falter, featheredge, fence, flange, flounce,
frame, frill, fringe, furbelow, gird, girdle, halt, haw,
hedge, hem and haw, hem in, hesitate, hum, immure, lap, ledge,
limb, limit, line, lip, list, localize, march, margin,
motif, narrow, outline, pale, palisade, pen, perimeter, picket,
purl, qualify, rail, restrict, rim, ring, round, ruffle, sell, selvage, set
off, shore, shorten, shut in, side, sideline, skirt, stammer, stint,
stumble, stutter, surround, tighten, trim, trimming, valance, verge, wall, welt
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