hem in
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| Verb | 1. | hem in - surround in a restrictive manner; "The building was hemmed in by flowers" border, environ, surround, skirt, ring - extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle; "The forest surrounds my property" hedge - hinder or restrict with or as if with a hedge; "The animals were hedged in" |
| 2. |  hem in - surround so as to force to give up; "The Turks besieged Vienna"attack, assail - launch an attack or assault on; begin hostilities or start warfare with; "Hitler attacked Poland on September 1, 1939 and started World War II"; "Serbian forces assailed Bosnian towns all week" ebb - hem in fish with stakes and nets so as to prevent them from going back into the sea with the ebb |
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يُطَوِّقُ ، يُحيط
obklíčit
omringe
inniloka
etrafını çevirmekkuşatmaksarmak
w>hem in
vt sep troops etc → einschließen, umgeben; (fig) → einengen
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
hem
(hem) noun the border of a piece of clothing, folded over and sewn.
verb – past tense, past participle hemmed – to make a hem on (a piece of clothing). I've hemmed the skirt.
hem in to surround (someone). The soldiers were hemmed in on all sides by the enemy.
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