All hem synonyms
hem
H h noun hem
- skirt — the part of a gown, dress, slip, or coat that extends downward from the waist.
- perimeter — the border or outer boundary of a two-dimensional figure.
- brim — The brim of a hat is the wide part that sticks outwards at the bottom.
- margin — the space around the printed or written matter on a page.
- fringe — a decorative border of thread, cord, or the like, usually hanging loosely from a raveled edge or separate strip.
- rim — the outer edge, border, margin, or brink of something, especially of a circular object.
- piping — pipe
- periphery — the external boundary of any surface or area.
- verge — the edge, rim, or margin of something: the verge of a desert; to operate on the verge of fraud.
- trimming — the condition, order, or fitness of a person or thing for action, work, use, etc.
- edging — a line or border at which a surface terminates: Grass grew along the edges of the road. The paper had deckle edges.
- brink — If you are on the brink of something, usually something important, terrible, or exciting, you are just about to do it or experience it.
- define — to describe the nature, properties, or essential qualities of
- selvage — the edge of woven fabric finished so as to prevent raveling, often in a narrow tape effect, different from the body of the fabric.
- skirting — the part of a gown, dress, slip, or coat that extends downward from the waist.
- border — The border between two countries or regions is the dividing line between them. Sometimes the border also refers to the land close to this line.
verb hem
- edge — a line or border at which a surface terminates: Grass grew along the edges of the road. The paper had deckle edges.
- shorten — to make short or shorter.
- lengthen — to make longer; make greater in length.
- sew up — to join or attach by stitches.
- stitch — one complete movement of a threaded needle through a fabric or material such as to leave behind it a single loop or portion of thread, as in sewing, embroidery, or the surgical closing of wounds.
- tailor — a stroke of a bell indicating someone's death; knell.
- turn up — to cause to move around on an axis or about a center; rotate: to turn a wheel.