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hemming in

hemming in is the present participle and gerund 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 hemming in

What is hemming in the present participle and gerund of?
Hemming in is the present participle and gerund of hem in.

Words near hemming in in the dictionary

  1. Hemmerts
  2. Hemmes
  3. hemming
  4. hemming and hahing
  5. hemming and hawing
  6. hemming in
  7. hemming up
  8. Hemminger
  9. Hemmingers
  10. Hemmingford
  11. Hemmingham

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Adapted from Wiktionary: hemming 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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