Definition/Meaning of hem

• English - Interjection: hem Used to fill in the gap of a pause with a vocalized sound. 1828, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, volume I, London: William Harrison Ainsworth, page 195: " Hem ! hem ! however there will be a by-place for me behind the stove."
• English - Noun: hem (plural hems) An utterance or sound of the voice like "hem", often indicative of hesitation or doubt, sometimes used to call attention. January 8, 1712', John Dryden, The Spectator No. 269 his morning hems hem (plural hems) The border of an article of clothing doubled back and stitched together to finish the edge and prevent it from fray ing. A rim or margin of something. c. 1605–1608 (date…
• English - Verb: hem (third-person singular simple present hems, present participle hemming, simple past and past participle hemmed) To make the sound expressed by the word hem; to hesitate in speaking. 1598–1599 (first performance), William Shakespeare, “Much Adoe about Nothing”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount,…
• English - Pronoun: hem (obsolete) Obsolete form of 'em . 1598, Beniamin Ionson [i.e., Ben Jonson], “Euery Man in His Humour. A Comœdie. […]”, in The Workes of Beniamin Ionson (First Folio), London: […] Will[iam] Stansby, published 1616, →OCLC, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals): Except we make hem such. 1485, William Caxton, Paris and…
• English - Anagrams: meh