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Yes. The word hem is a Scrabble US word. The word hem is worth 8 points in Scrabble:

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3-letter words (2 found)

HEM,MEH,

2-letter words (5 found)

EH,EM,HE,HM,ME,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 8 words from hem according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 3 letters words made out of hem

hem ehm hme mhe emh meh

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Definitions and meaning of hem

hem

Etymology 1

A sound uttered in imitation of clearing the throat (onomatopoeia)

Pronunciation

  • enPR: hĕm, IPA(key): /hɛm/
    • (pin–pen merger) IPA(key): /hɪm/
  • Rhymes: -ɛm
  • Homophone: him (pin-pen merger)

Interjection

hem

  1. Used to fill in the gap of a pause with a vocalized sound.

Noun

hem (plural hems)

  1. An utterance or sound of the voice like "hem", often indicative of hesitation or doubt, sometimes used to call attention.
    • January 8, 1712', John Dryden, The Spectator No. 269
      his morning hems

Verb

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

  1. To make the sound expressed by the word hem; to hesitate in speaking.
Derived terms
Translations

See also

  • ahem
  • haw

Etymology 2

From Middle English hem, hemm, in turn from Old English hemm, of West Germanic origin, from Proto-West Germanic *hammjan. Related to Middle High German hemmen (“to hem in”), Old Norse hemja (“to hem in, restrain”); outside of Germanic, to Armenian քամել (kʿamel, “to press, wring”), Russian ком (kom, “lump”).

The verb is from Middle English hemmen, from Old English hemman, from Proto-Germanic *hamjaną, or alternatively derived from the noun.

Pronunciation

  • enPR: hĕm, IPA(key): /hɛm/
    • (pin–pen merger) IPA(key): /hɪm/
  • Rhymes: -ɛm
  • Homophone: him (pin-pen merger)

Noun

hem (plural hems)

  2. (sewing) The border of an article of clothing doubled back and stitched together to finish the edge and prevent it from fraying.
  3. A rim or margin of something.
  4. In sheet metal design, a rim or edge folded back on itself to create a smooth edge and to increase strength or rigidity.
Derived terms
Translations

Verb

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

  2. (sewing, intransitive) To make a hem.
  3. (transitive) To put hem on an article of clothing, to edge or put a border on something.
  4. (transitive) To shut in, enclose, confine; to surround something or someone in a confining way.
    A small yard hemmed about by a tall hedge.
Derived terms
Translations

Etymology 3

From Middle English hem, from Old English heom (“them”, dative), originally a dative plural form but in Middle English coming to serve as an accusative plural as well. More at 'em.

Pronoun

hem

  1. Obsolete form of 'em.

Further reading

  • “hem”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
  • “hem”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
  • “hem”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

  • Meh, meh

Bislama

Alternative forms

  • em

Etymology

From English him. Cognate with Tok Pisin em.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈhem/
  • Hyphenation: hem

Pronoun

hem

  1. he, she, it; him, her

See also

References

  • Terry Crowley (2004) Bislama Reference Grammar, Honolulu: University of Hawaiʻi press, →ISBN, page 46

Catalan

Verb

hem

  1. first-person plural present indicative of haver

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch hem, from Old Dutch himo, from Proto-Germanic *himmai.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɦɛm/
  • Hyphenation: hem
  • Rhymes: -ɛm
  • Homophone: Hem

Pronoun

hem

  1. (personal) Third-person singular, masculine, objective: him.
    Stuur dat maar naar hem. ― Send that to him.
  2. (personal) The tagger in a game of tag: it.

Inflection


Descendants

  • Javindo: gem
  • Jersey Dutch: häm
  • Negerhollands: em, am, an, ham, him, hem
    • → Virgin Islands Creole: ahm, am

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɛm/

Interjection

hem

  1. interjection expressing doubt and/or hesitation

Further reading

  • “hem”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Hungarian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈhɛm]
  • Hyphenation: hem
  • Rhymes: -ɛm

Noun

hem (plural hemek)

  1. (biochemistry) heme (component of hemoglobin)

Declension

Derived terms

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse hem, related to eimr (“vapor”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /hɛːm/
  • Rhymes: -ɛːm

Noun

hem n (genitive singular hems, nominative plural hem)

  1. thin layer of ice
    Synonym: skæni

Declension

Verb

hem (weak)

  1. first-person singular present indicative of hemja
  2. second-person singular imperative of hemja

References

Indonesian

Etymology 1

From Dutch hemd, from Middle Dutch hemde, hemede, from Old Dutch *hemithi, from Proto-Germanic *hamiþiją.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈhɛm]
  • Hyphenation: hèm

Noun

hèm (first-person possessive hemku, second-person possessive hemmu, third-person possessive hemnya)

  1. shirt, an article of clothing that is worn on the upper part of the body, and often has sleeves, either long or short, that cover the arms.
    Synonym: kemeja

Etymology 2

From English heme.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈhɛm]
  • Hyphenation: hèm

Noun

hèm (first-person possessive hemku, second-person possessive hemmu, third-person possessive hemnya)

  1. (biochemistry) heme: the component of hemoglobin (and other hemoproteins) responsible for binding oxygen.

Etymology 3

A sound uttered in imitation of clearing the throat (onomatopoeia).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈhəm]
  • Hyphenation: hêm

Interjection

hêm

  1. Used to express furious, etc.

Further reading

  • “hem” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

Latin

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /hem/, [hɛ̃ˑ]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /em/, [ɛm]

Interjection

hem

  1. eh?, well well! (expressing surprise)

Related terms

References

  • “hem”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “hem”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers

Middle Dutch

Etymology 1

From Old Dutch himo, from Proto-Germanic *himmai.

Pronoun

hem

  1. accusative/dative of hi
  2. dative of het

Etymology 2

From Old Dutch hin, from Proto-Germanic *himaz.

Pronoun

hem

  1. accusative/dative of si (“they”)

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English heom, from Proto-Germanic *himaz, masculine and neuter dative plural of *hiz. Compare þem.

Pronoun

hem (nominative he)

  2. Third-person plural accusative pronoun: them
    • 14th c. Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales. General Prologue: 9–11.
  3. (reflexive) themselves
Alternative forms
  • heme, hemme, heom, heon, hoem, hom, home, huem, hum, ham, hame, him, hym, em, am, ȝam
Descendants
  • English: 'em, hem
  • Yola: aam
See also
References
  • “hem, pron.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Etymology 2

From Old English hemm. See English hem for more.

Noun

hem

  1. hem (edge of cloth or garment)
  2. edge, boundary
Alternative forms
  • heme, hemme, hemn, hemne
Descendants
  • English: hem
  • Scots: hem, heme

References

  • “hem, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Etymology 3

Pronoun

hem

  1. Alternative form of him (“him”)

Northern Kurdish

Conjunction

hem

  1. and

See also

  • herwiha
  • û

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

hem

  1. imperative of hemme

Old Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *haim, from Proto-Germanic *haimaz.

Noun

hēm ?

  1. home, house
  2. hamlet

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

  • Middle Dutch: hêem, heim
    • Dutch: heem, heim (possibly from German), -em, -hem, -gem (in placenames)
      • Afrikaans: heim
    • Limburgish: heim

Further reading

  • “hēm”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

Old Frisian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈheːm/, [ˈhɛːm]

Noun

hēm m

  1. Alternative form of hām

References

  • Bremmer, Rolf H. (2009) An Introduction to Old Frisian: History, Grammar, Reader, Glossary, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN, page 28

Pijin

Alternative forms

  • hemi

Etymology

From English him.

Pronoun

hem

  1. he/she/it (third-person singular pronoun)

See also

Portuguese

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ẽj̃

  • Rhymes: -ɐ̃j̃
  • Hyphenation: hem

Interjection

hem

  1. Alternative form of hein

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French hème.

Noun

hem n (plural hemuri)

  1. heme

Declension

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse heim < heimr, from Proto-Germanic *haimaz.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /hɛm/
  • Rhymes: -ɛm

Adverb

hem (not comparable)

  1. home; to one's home
    Det är dags att gå hem. ― It is time to go home.
    Jag vill hem! ― I want to go home!

Noun

hem n

  1. a home; one's dwelling place, as in a house or a more general geographical place; the abiding place of the affections.
  2. a home; an institution

Declension

Derived terms

Related terms

References

  • hem in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)

Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian هم (ham).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /hæm/

Adverb

hem

  1. and also

Conjunction

hem … hem …

  1. both … and
    Synonym: hem … hem de …
    Hem bu hem şu. ― Both this one and that one.

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