hem

Saum

Der umgeschlagene und festgenähte Rand eines Kleidungsstücks oder Stoffes.

In einfachem Englisch: The edge of a piece of clothing or cloth, folded over and sewn to keep it neat.

• The hem is coming loose.
• She shortened the skirt by raising the hem.
• I caught my heel in the hem of my dress.

Häufige Wendungen: skirt hem, sew a hem, turn up a hem, uneven hem

einengen, einschließen, umzingeln

Jemanden oder etwas so eng umgeben, dass Bewegung oder Freiheit eingeschränkt wird.

In einfachem Englisch: To surround someone or something so closely that movement or freedom is limited.

• Tall walls hem us in.
• The soldiers were hemmed in on all sides.
• She felt hemmed in by rules and expectations.

So benutzt man es: hem someone/something in (The crowd hemmed us in.); be hemmed in by something (The village is hemmed in by mountains.)

Synonyme: surround, confine, enclose, hem in

Häufige Wendungen: hem someone in, hem something in, hem someone about