hem

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Bordo di un indumento o tessuto ripiegato e cucito per rifinirlo.

In inglese semplice: The edge of a piece of clothing or cloth, folded over and sewn to keep it neat.

• The hem is coming loose.
• She shortened the skirt by raising the hem.
• I caught my heel in the hem of my dress.

Espressioni comuni: skirt hem, sew a hem, turn up a hem, uneven hem

accerchiare, rinchiudere

Circondare qualcuno o qualcosa tanto da limitarne i movimenti o la libertà.

In inglese semplice: To surround someone or something so closely that movement or freedom is limited.

• Tall walls hem us in.
• The soldiers were hemmed in on all sides.
• She felt hemmed in by rules and expectations.

Come si usa: hem someone/something in (The crowd hemmed us in.); be hemmed in by something (The village is hemmed in by mountains.)

Sinonimi: surround, confine, enclose, hem in

Espressioni comuni: hem someone in, hem something in, hem someone about