Ham vs. Hem

Hamnoun

(anatomy) The region back of the knee joint; the popliteal space; the hock.

Hamnoun

(countable) A thigh and buttock of an animal slaughtered for meat.

Hamnoun

(uncountable) Meat from the thigh of a hog cured for food.

Hamnoun

The back of the thigh.

Hamnoun

Electronic mail that is wanted; mail that is not spam or junk mail.

Hamnoun

obsolete form of home

Hamnoun

(acting) an overacting or amateurish performer; an actor with an especially showy or exaggerated style

Hamnoun

(radio) an amateur radio operator

Hamverb

(acting) To overact; to act with exaggerated emotions.

Hamnoun

Home.

Hamnoun

The region back of the knee joint; the popliteal space; the hock.

Hamnoun

The thigh of any animal; especially, the thigh of a hog cured by salting and smoking.

Hamnoun

a person who performs in a showy or exaggerated style; - used especially of actors. Also used attributively, as, a ham actor.

Hamnoun

The licensed operator of an amateur radio station.

Hamverb

To act with exaggerated voice and gestures; to overact.

Hamnoun

meat cut from the thigh of a hog (usually smoked)

Hamnoun

(Old Testament) son of Noah

Hamnoun

a licensed amateur radio operator

Hamnoun

an unskilled actor who overacts

Hamverb

exaggerate one's acting

Hamnoun

(in the Bible) a son of Noah (Gen. 10:1), traditional ancestor of the Hamites.

Hamverb

overact

Ham

Ham is pork from a leg cut that has been preserved by wet or dry curing, with or without smoking. As a processed meat, the term includes both whole cuts of meat and ones that have been mechanically formed.

Heminterjection

Used to fill in the gap of a pause with a vocalized sound.

Hemnoun

An utterance or sound of the voice like "hem", often indicative of hesitation or doubt, sometimes used to call attention.

Hemnoun

(sewing) The border of an article of clothing doubled back and stitched together to finish the edge and prevent it from fraying.

Hemnoun

A rim or margin of something.

Hemnoun

In sheet metal design, a rim or edge folded back on itself to create a smooth edge and to increase strength or rigidity.

Hemverb

To make the sound expressed by the word hem; to hesitate in speaking.

Hemverb

(intransitive) in sewing To make a hem.

Hemverb

(transitive): To put hem on an article of clothing, to edge or put a border on something.

Hemverb

(transitive): To surround something or someone in a confining way.

Hempronoun

Them

Heminterjection

An onomatopoetic word used as an expression of hesitation, doubt, etc. It is often a sort of voluntary half cough, loud or subdued, and would perhaps be better expressed by hm.

Hemnoun

An utterance or sound of the voice, hem or hm, often indicative of hesitation or doubt, sometimes used to call attention.

Hemnoun

The edge or border of a garment or cloth, doubled over and sewed, to strengthen it and prevent raveling.

Hemnoun

Border; edge; margin.

Hemnoun

A border made on sheet-metal ware by doubling over the edge of the sheet, to stiffen it and remove the sharp edge.

Hemverb

To make the sound expressed by the word hem; hence, to hesitate in speaking.

Hemverb

To form a hem or border to; to fold and sew down the edge of.

Hemverb

To border; to edge

Hemnoun

lap that forms a cloth border doubled back and stitched down

Hemverb

fold over and sew together to provide with a hem;

Hemverb

utter `hem' or `ahem'

Hem

A hem in sewing is a garment finishing method, where the edge of a piece of cloth is folded and sewn to prevent unravelling of the fabric and to adjust the length of the piece in garments, such as at the end of the sleeve or the bottom of the garment.