To enclose, surround, or protect.
To draw to or into one's bosom; to treasure.
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.
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.
The border of an article of clothing doubled back and stitched together to finish the edge and prevent it from fraying.
Used to fill in the gap of a pause with a vocalized sound.