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Wordnet 3.0

VERB (2)

1. surround in a restrictive manner;
- Example: "The building was hemmed in by flowers"

2. surround so as to force to give up;
- Example: "The Turks besieged Vienna"
[syn: besiege, beleaguer, surround, hem in, circumvent]



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

hem in
    v 1: surround in a restrictive manner; "The building was hemmed
         in by flowers"
    2: surround so as to force to give up; "The Turks besieged
       Vienna" [syn: besiege, beleaguer, surround, hem in,
       circumvent]