hemmed

verb

Definition of hemmednext
past tense of hem
1
as in hawed

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2
as in bordered

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hemmed
  1. hesitated
  2. bounded
  3. waited
  4. trimmed
  5. surrounded
Verb
  • The decision was difficult because Washington hesitated to provide Kyiv with sophisticated, long-range weapons.
    Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 4 Oct. 2024
  • Many businesses hesitated to move their operations to the cloud, citing concerns about security and control.
    Gaurav Tewari, Forbes, 1 Oct. 2024
Definition of hesitated
Verb
  • This starts with a base language model that learns language and vocabulary bounded to certain domains (like finance and banking).
    Scott Zoldi, Forbes, 17 Oct. 2024
  • This starts with a base language model that learns language and vocabulary bounded to certain domains (like finance and banking).
    Scott Zoldi, Forbes, 17 Oct. 2024
Definition of bounded
Verb
  • The British team, with only a small lead, raced flawlessly while the Italians waited for mistakes that never came.
    Michael Verdon, Robb Report, 4 Oct. 2024
  • At the Simi Valley event, which offered set recreations and panels where the cast reminisced about their time on the show, festival-goers waited hours for autographs and photos with cast members, with some fans waiting up to six hours for time with Arngrim.
    JP Mangalindan, People.com, 3 Oct. 2024
Definition of waited
Verb
  • Maintain Your Yard Keep your grass mowed and shrubs trimmed to reduce tick habitats.
    Jake Parks, Discover Magazine, 11 Nov. 2024
  • Last month, China’s central bank trimmed its reserve requirement ratio 50 basis points.
    Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 21 Oct. 2024
Definition of trimmed
Verb
  • In the midst of honoring the actor’s life and successful career, the people who were close to him are also speaking about the circumstances that surrounded his death.
    Regina Cho, VIBE.com, 4 Oct. 2024
  • Taking the stage in a baby-blue leotard — surrounded by a full band and back-up singers dressed in white — the 25-year-old pop star served up silky vocals and perky choreography before slinking over to Fallon’s interview set-up, taking his spinning chair for a ride and laying across his desk.
    Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 4 Oct. 2024
Definition of surrounded
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