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Definition of 'hem in'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (verb) hem in
surround in a restrictive manner
"The building was hemmed in by flowers"

2. (verb) besiege, beleaguer, surround, hem in, circumvent
surround so as to force to give up
"The Turks besieged Vienna"

Translation of 'hem in'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: to surround (someone) The soldiers were hemmed in on all sides by the enemy.
Afrikaans: omring, omsingel	Arabic: يُطَوِّقُ ، يُحيط	Bulgarian: ограждам
Brazilian: cercar	Czech: obklíčit	German: umzingeln
Danish: omringe	Greek: περικυκλώνω	Spanish: cercar, rodear
Estonian: piirama	Farsi: احاطه كردن	Finnish: saartaa
French: encercler	Hebrew: לְהָקִיף	Hindi: घेरना
Croatian: opkoliti, okružiti	Hungarian: körülzár	Indonesian: mengepung
Icelandic: inniloka	Italian: circondare	Japanese: 囲む
Korean: 둘러싸다	Lithuanian: apsupti	Latvian: aplenkt
Malay: mengepung sso	Dutch: omsingelen, omzomen	Norwegian: faldet, kantet
Polish: otoczyć	Persian: احاطه كردن	Pashto: چاپېرول،ايسارول: محاصره ك
Portuguese: cercar	Romanian: aîncercui	Russian: окружать
Slovak: obkľúčiť	Slovenian: obkoliti	Serbian: opkoliti
Swedish: stänga inne, omringa	Thai: ล้อมรอบ	Turkish: kuşatmak, sarmak, etrafın
Taiwanese: 包圍	Ukrainian: оточувати, обмежувти	Urdu: دشمن کو گھیر لینا
Vietnamese: bao vây	Chinese: 包围
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