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hemmed in

hemmed in is the simple past and past participle of hem in.

Meaning of hem in

Verb

hem in (third-person singular simple present hems in, present participle hemming in, simple past and past participle hemmed in)

  1. To surround and enclose in a way that restricts movement.
    • One of the loveliest rivers in Wales, the Teifi, loops and swirls down to Llanybyther through a lush valley hemmed in by range upon range of wooded hills.1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 260

Questions about hemmed in

What is hemmed in the simple past and past participle of?
Hemmed in is the simple past and past participle of hem in.

Words near hemmed in in the dictionary

  1. Hemmam
  2. Hemme
  3. hemmed
  4. hemmed and hahed
  5. hemmed and hawed
  6. hemmed in
  7. hemmed up
  8. hemmel
  9. Hemmelgarn
  10. Hemmelgarns
  11. hemmels

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Adapted from Wiktionary: hemmed in (page history and authors); hem in (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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