bib vs hem

bib

noun
  • An item of clothing for people (especially babies) tied around their neck to protect their clothes from getting dirty when eating. 

  • A rectangular piece of material, carrying a bib number, worn as identification by entrants in a race. 

  • A patch of colour around an animal's upper breast and throat. 

  • A bibb (bibcock). 

  • Similar items of clothing such as the Chinese dudou and Vietnamese yem. 

  • The upper part of an apron or overalls. 

  • A colourful polyester or plastic vest worn over one's clothes, usually to mark one's team during group activities. 

  • Shorts which are held up by suspenders. 

  • A north Atlantic fish (Trisopterus luscus), allied to the cod. 

verb
  • To dress (somebody) in a bib. 

  • To beep (e.g. a car horn). 

hem

noun
  • The border of an article of clothing doubled back and stitched together to finish the edge and prevent it from fraying. 

  • In sheet metal design, a rim or edge folded back on itself to create a smooth edge and to increase strength or rigidity. 

  • A rim or margin of something. 

  • An utterance or sound of the voice like "hem", often indicative of hesitation or doubt, sometimes used to call attention. 

verb
  • To shut in, enclose, confine; to surround something or someone in a confining way. 

  • To make the sound expressed by the word hem; to hesitate in speaking. 

  • To make a hem. 

  • To put hem on an article of clothing, to edge or put a border on something. 

intj
  • Used to fill in the gap of a pause with a vocalized sound. 

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