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hem in

DEFINITIONS OF: hem in

1

v surround in a restrictive manner

“The building was hemmed in by flowers”
Types:
hedge
hinder or restrict with or as if with a hedge
Type of:
border, environ, ring, skirt, surround
extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle

v surround so as to force to give up

Synonyms:
beleaguer, besiege, circumvent, surround
Types:
blockade, seal off
impose a blockade on
ebb
hem in fish with stakes and nets so as to prevent them from going back into the sea with the ebb
Type of:
assail, attack
launch an attack or assault on; begin hostilities or start warfare with
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