hem

v

1.Usu. hem in

circumscribe, surround, encircle, circle, encompass, environ; gird, engird, girdle, belt; circumvent, trap; close in, shut in, hedge in, pen in, keep within bounds, demarcate.

2. fringe, befringe, trim; bind; purfle, purl.

3. border, edge, skirt, verge; frame, bound, margin, marginate.

n

4. fringe, trimming, edging, bordering; ruff, ruffle, flounce, furbelow; frill, valance, orphrey, purfle.

5. border, perimeter, periphery, edge, rim, verge, skirt; circumference, circuit, compass, ambit, margin, frame, outline, confine; brink, brim, brow; bound, limit, bourn, pale, extremity.