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hedge
English
Pronunciation
- enPR: h?j, IPA(key): /h?d?/
- Rhymes: -?d?
Etymology 1
From Middle English hegge, from Old English he??, from Proto-West Germanic *haggju, from Proto-Germanic *hagj?, from Proto-Indo-European *kag?yóm. Cognate with Dutch heg, German Hecke. Doublet of quay. More at haw.
Noun
hedge (plural hedges)
- A thicket of bushes or other shrubbery, especially one planted as a fence between two portions of land, or to separate the parts of a garden.
- A barrier (often consisting of a line of persons or objects) to protect someone or something from harm.
- 1611, King James Version, Job 1:9–10:
- Then Satan answered the Lord, and said, Doth Job fear God for nought? Hast not thou made an hedge about him, and about his house, and about all that he hath on every side? thou hast blessed the work of his hands, and his substance is increased in the land.
- 1611, King James Version, Job 1:9–10:
- (Britain, West Country, chiefly Devon and Cornwall) A mound of earth, stone- or turf-faced, often topped with bushes, used as a fence between any two portions of land.
- (pragmatics) A non-committal or intentionally ambiguous statement.
- Coordinate term: weasel word
- (finance) Contract or arrangement reducing one's exposure to risk (for example the risk of price movements or interest rate movements).
- (Britain, Ireland, noun adjunct) Used attributively, with figurative indication of a person's upbringing, or professional activities, taking place by the side of the road; third-rate.
- 1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, Folio Society 1973, p.639:
- He then traced them from place to place, till at last he found two of them drinking together, with a third person, at a hedge-tavern near Aldersgate.
- 1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, Folio Society 1973, p.639:
Derived terms
Translations
Etymology 2
From Middle English heggen, from the noun (see above).
Verb
hedge (third-person singular simple present hedges, present participle hedging, simple past and past participle hedged)
- (transitive) To enclose with a hedge or hedges.
- (transitive) To obstruct or surround.
- 1769, King James Bible, Hosea 2.6
- Therefore, behold, I will hedge up thy way with thorns, and make a wall, that she shall not find her paths.
- 1670, John Milton, The History of Britain
- Lollius Urbius […] drew another wall […] to hedge out incursions from the north.
- 1769, King James Bible, Hosea 2.6
- (transitive, finance) To offset the risk associated with.
- (transitive, intransitive) To avoid verbal commitment.
- (intransitive) To construct or repair a hedge.
- (intransitive, finance) To reduce one's exposure to risk.
Derived terms
Translations
Further reading
- hedge on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Hedge on investopedia.com
Anagrams
- Ghede, Hegde
Middle English
Noun
hedge
- Alternative form of hegge
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hem
English
Etymology 1
A sound uttered in imitation of clearing the throat (onomatopoeia)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /h?m/
- (pin–pen merger) IPA(key): /h?m/
- Rhymes: -?m
- Homophone: him (pin-pen merger)
Interjection
hem
- Used to fill in the gap of a pause with a vocalized sound.
Noun
hem (plural hems)
- 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
- January 8, 1712', John Dryden, The Spectator No. 269
Verb
hem (third-person singular simple present hems, present participle hemming, simple past and past participle hemmed)
- To make the sound expressed by the word hem; to hesitate in speaking.
Derived terms
- hem and haw
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 ????? (k?amel, “to press, wring”), Russian ??? (kom, “lump”).
The verb is from Middle English hemmen, from Old English hemman, from Proto-Germanic *hamjan?, or alternatively derived from the noun.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /h?m/
- (pin–pen merger) IPA(key): /h?m/
- Rhymes: -?m
- Homophone: him (pin-pen merger)
Noun
hem (plural hems)
- (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.
- 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
- touch the hem of someone's garment
Translations
Verb
hem (third-person singular simple present hems, present participle hemming, simple past and past participle hemmed)
- (intransitive) (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.
- A small yard hemmed about by a tall hedge.
Derived terms
- hemmer
- hem in
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
- Obsolete form of 'em.
- 1481, William Caxton, The Historie of Reynart the Foxe
- And wente to the kinge and to the queene, and said to hem with a glad cheer.
- 1485, William Caxton, Paris and Vienne
- For eyther of hem mayntened.
- 1591, John Florio, Second Frutes to be gathered of twelve trees, of diverse but delightful tastes to the tongues of Italian and English
- ‘What thinke you of this English, tel me I pray you.’ ‘It is a language that wyl do you good in England but passe Dover, it is woorth nothing.’ ‘Is it not used then in other countreyes?’ ‘No sir, with whom wyl you that they speake?’ ‘With English marchants.’ ‘English marchantes, when they are out of England, it liketh hem not, and they doo not speake it.
- Tho to the greene wood they speeden hem all.
- Except we make hem such.
- 1605, George Chapman, Ben Jonson and John Marston, Eastward Ho
- They go forth on Holydays and gather hem by the seashore.
- 1481, William Caxton, The Historie of Reynart the Foxe
Anagrams
- Meh, meh
Bislama
Alternative forms
- hemi
Etymology
From English him.
Pronoun
hem
- Third person singular pronoun:
- he; she
- him; her
- his; her
- his; hers
Catalan
Verb
hem
- first-person plural present indicative form of haver
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch hem, from Old Dutch himo, from Proto-Germanic *himmai.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??m/
Pronoun
hem
- (personal) Third-person singular, masculine, objective: him.
- (personal) The tagger in a game of tag: it.
Inflection
Hungarian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?h?m]
- Hyphenation: hem
- Rhymes: -?m
Noun
hem (plural hemek)
- (biochemistry) heme (component of hemoglobin)
Declension
Derived terms
Icelandic
Etymology
From Old Norse hem, related to eimr (“vapor”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /h??m/
- Rhymes: -??m
Noun
hem n (genitive singular hems, nominative plural hem)
- thin layer of ice
- Synonym: skæni
Declension
Verb
hem (weak)
- first-person singular present indicative of hemja
- 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 *hamiþij?.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?h?m]
- Hyphenation: hèm
Noun
hèm (first-person possessive hemku, second-person possessive hemmu, third-person possessive hemnya)
- 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): [?h?m]
- Hyphenation: hèm
Noun
hèm (first-person possessive hemku, second-person possessive hemmu, third-person possessive hemnya)
- (biochemistry) The component of hemoglobin (and other hemoproteins) responsible for binding oxygen; heme.
Etymology 3
A sound uttered in imitation of clearing the throat (onomatopoeia).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?h?m]
- Hyphenation: hêm
Interjection
hêm
- Used to express furious, etc.
Further reading
- “hem” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /hem/, [h???]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /em/, [?m]
Interjection
hem
- eh?, well well! (expressing surprise)
Related terms
- ehem
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
- accusative/dative of hi
- dative of het
Etymology 2
From Old Dutch hin, from Proto-Germanic *himaz.
Pronoun
hem
- 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)
- Third-person plural accusative pronoun: them
- 14th c. Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales. General Prologue: 9–11.
- 1407, The Testimony of William Thorpe, pages 40–41
- c. 1539, Murdoch Nisbet, The New Testament
- He prayis hem to lyue releg[ious] lyff[is] and to luk waraly for the cummyng of the lord.
- 14th c. Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales. General Prologue: 9–11.
- (reflexive) themselves
Alternative forms
- heme, hemme, heom, heon, hoem, hom, home, huem, hum, ham, hame, him, hym, em, am, ?am
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
- hem (edge of cloth or garment)
- 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
- Alternative form of him (“him”)
Northern Kurdish
Conjunction
hem
- and
See also
- herwiha
- û
Norwegian Bokmål
Verb
hem
- imperative of hemme
Old Dutch
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *haim, from Proto-Germanic *haimaz.
Noun
h?m ?
- home, house
- 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
- Dutch: heem, heim (possibly from German), -em, -hem, -gem (in placenames)
Further reading
- “h?m”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012
Old Frisian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?he?m/, [?h??m]
Noun
h?m m
- Alternative form of h?m
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
- he/she/it (third-person singular pronoun)
See also
Portuguese
Interjection
hem
- Rare form of hein.
Romanian
Etymology
From French hème.
Noun
hem n (plural hemuri)
- heme
Declension
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Norse heim < heimr, from Proto-Germanic *haimaz.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /h?m/
Adverb
hem
- home; to one's home
Noun
hem n
- a home; one's dwelling place, as in a house or a more general geographical place; the abiding place of the affections.
- a home; an institution
Declension
Related terms
- hemma
Derived terms
References
- hem in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
Turkish
Etymology
Borrowing from Persian ??? (ham).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /hem/
Adverb
hem
- and also
Conjunction
hem
- both; and
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