hem in

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verb

1. surround in a restrictive manner (Freq. 1)
- The building was hemmed in by flowers
• Hypernyms:
surround, environ, ring, skirt, border
• Hyponyms:
hedge
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s something
2. surround so as to force to give up (Freq. 1)
- The Turks besieged Vienna
• Syn:
besiege, beleaguer, surround, circumvent
• Derivationally related forms:
besieger (for: besiege)
• Hypernyms:
attack, assail
• Hyponyms:
blockade, seal off, ebb
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something