hem vs windrow

hem

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. 

  • 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. 

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. 

windrow

noun
  • A ridge or berm at a perimeter 

  • The green border of a field, dug up in order to carry the earth onto other land to improve it. 

  • A line of snow left behind by the edge of a snowplow’s blade. 

  • A long snowbank along the side of a road. 

  • A line of leaves etc heaped up by the wind. 

  • A similar streak of seaweed etc on the surface of the sea formed by Langmuir circulation. 

  • A line of gravel left behind by the edge of a grader’s blade. 

  • A row of cut grain or hay allowed to dry in a field. 

verb
  • To arrange (e.g. new-made hay) in lines or windrows. 

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