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hems in

hems in is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 hems in

What is hems in the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Hems in is the third-person singular simple present indicative of hem in.

Words near hems in in the dictionary

  1. hemrods
  2. hemroid
  3. hems
  4. hems and hahs
  5. hems and haws
  6. hems in
  7. hems up
  8. Hemsby
  9. Hemshin
  10. Hemshinli
  11. Hemshinlis

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Adapted from Wiktionary: hems 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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