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hemming

VERB

enclose, restrict

Synonyms

WEAK

begird beset border bound cage circle circumscribe close in confine corral define edge encircle encompass envelop environ fence fringe girdle hedge in immure margin pen rim ring round shut shut in skirt surround verge

Antonyms

WEAK

let go release

Example Sentences

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Rise When I bid, O thou Tide of the dark, Whelming the pale last, Reflection of that vast Too-fair deceit.

From Poems New and Old by Freeman, John

Nay, frustrate Hope art thou, of the Unknown, Gathered from primal mist and firmament; A surging shape of Life's unfathomed moan, Whelming humanity with fears unmeant.

From Song-Surf by Rice, Cale Young