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unhem

unhem verb: to remove a hem; to undo the process of hemming.

Verb

unhem (third-person singular simple present unhems, present participle unhemming, simple past and past participle unhemmed)

  1. To remove a hem; to undo the process of hemming.

Forms of unhem

third-person singular presentunhems
present participleunhemming
past participleunhemmed
pastunhemmed

Origin of unhem

From un- + hem.

Questions about unhem

What does unhem mean?
Unhem means to remove a hem; to undo the process of hemming.
What part of speech is unhem?
Unhem is a verb.
What is the past tense of unhem?
The past tense of unhem is unhemmed.

Words near unhem in the dictionary

  1. unhelpfulnesses
  2. unhelping
  3. unhelps
  4. unhelpt
  5. unhelved
  6. unhem
  7. unhemmed
  8. unhemming
  9. unhemolyzed
  10. unhems
  11. unhenpecked

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