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Hem in

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Verb
  1. 1
    To surround and enclose in a way that restricts movement.

    "One of the loveliest rivers in Wales, the Teifi, loops and swirls down to Llanybyther through a lush valley hemmed in by range upon range of wooded hills."

  2. 2
    surround so as to force to give up wordnet
  3. 3
    surround in a restrictive manner wordnet

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