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hem_in
has definitions from the field of military
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[ verb ] surround in a restrictive manner
Examples "The building was hemmed in by flowers" Used in print (Genevieve Holden, Deadlier Than the Male....)Instead of the usual straggling privet hedges and patches of bare dirt in most small-town squares , the building was hemmed_in by a semitropical growth of camellias and azaleas and a smooth lawn the improbably bright-green shade of florist 's grass . |
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[ verb ] (military) surround so as to force to give up
Synonyms Examples "The Turks besieged Vienna" Used in print (Philip Reaves, "Who Rules the Marriage Bed?"...)Hemmed_in on the job and unable to assert himself , he uses the sex_act so he can be supreme in at_least one area . |
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