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  • 31hem — n. folded and stitched down edge of cloth; edge of a garment v. fold and sew down the edge of a piece of cloth; surround, enclose; hesitate, falter in speaking interj. sound made in the throat (to attract attention, express doubt, etc.) …

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  • 32hem in — (someone/something) to surround someone or something. They found themselves hemmed in by the crowd. The building was hemmed in by high walls …

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  • 33Hem — Hȇm m DEFINICIJA mit. trački kralj, sa ženom Rodopom samoprozvao se Zeusom i Herom, pa su za kaznu pretvoreni u planine …

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  • 34hem — vb *surround, environ, encircle, circle, encompass, compass, gird, girdle, ring Analogous words: *enclose, envelop, wall, cage, fence: confine, circumscribe, restrict (see LIMIT) …

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  • 35hem- — *hem germ., Verb: nhd. krumm sein ( Verb); ne. be (Verb) bent; Hinweis: s. *hemila , *hemina ; Etymologie: idg. *kam ?, Verb, biegen, wölben, Pokorny 525; Literatur: Falk …

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  • 36hem|a|to|zo|ic — «HEHM uh toh ZOH ihk, HEE muh », adjective. living in the blood as a parasite …

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  • 37hem|a|to|zo|on — «HEHM uh toh ZOH on, HEE muh », noun, plural zo|a « ZOH uh». an animal parasite living in the blood. ╂[< hemato + Greek zôion animal] …

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  • 38hem|er|a|lo|pi|a — «HEHM uhr uh LOH pee uh», noun. a condition of the eyes in which good vision is possible only at night or in dim light; day blindness. ╂[< New Latin hemeralopia < Greek hēméra day + alaós blind + eye] …

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  • 39hem|i|al|gi|a — «HEHM ee AL jee uh», noun. a pain affecting only one side of the body or head. ╂[< hemi + Greek algíā < álgos pain] …

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  • 40Hem — To hem a piece of cloth (in sewing), a garment workerfolds up a cut edge, folds it up again, and then sews it down. The process of hemming thus completely encloses the cut edge in cloth, so that it cannot unravel.A hem is also the edge of cloth… …

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