Trimming vs Hem - What's the difference?
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The act of someone who trims.
Material that is removed by someone trimming something, as a piece of steak.
:He gave the trimmings to the dog under the kitchen table.
An accompaniment to a meal.
:Christmas dinner with all the trimmings
(colloquial, dated) A reprimand or chastisting.
:I am helping my elderly neighbour by trimming his hedge.
An utterance or sound of the voice like "hem", often indicative of hesitation or doubt, sometimes used to call attention.
* Spectator
To make the sound expressed by the word hem ; to hesitate in speaking.
* Shakespeare
(sewing) The border of an article of clothing doubled back and stitched together to finish the edge and prevent it from fraying.
A rim or margin of something.
* Shakespeare
In sheet metal design, a rim or edge folded back on itself to create a smooth edge and to increase strength or rigidity.
(in sewing) To make a hem.
(transitive): To put hem on an article of clothing, to edge or put a border on something.
(transitive): To surround something or someone in a confining way.
As nouns the difference between trimming and hem
is that trimming is the act of someone who trims while hem is an utterance or sound of the voice like "hem", often indicative of hesitation or doubt, sometimes used to call attention.As verbs the difference between trimming and hem
is that trimming is present participle of lang=en while hem is to make the sound expressed by the word hem; to hesitate in speaking.As an interjection hem is
used to fill in the gap of a pause with a vocalized sound.As a pronoun hem is
obsolete form of 'em|lang=en.trimming
English
Noun
(en noun)- I gave a good trimming to my elderly neighbour's hedges.
- to give a boy a trimming
Verb
(head)hem
English
Etymology 1
A sound uttered in imitation of clearing the throat (onomatopoeia)See also
* ahem * hawNoun
(en noun)- his morning hems
Verb
(hemm)- Hem , and stroke thy beard.
Derived terms
* hem and hawEtymology 2
From Middle English hem, hemm, in turn from Old English hemm and related to Middle High German .Noun
(en noun)- hem of the sea