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Saum — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • fringe noun A decorative border of hanging threads or tassels.
  • hem noun The folded and stitched edge of a piece of clothing or fabric, meant to stop it from fraying.
  • seam noun The line where two pieces of fabric are stitched together.
  • skirt noun A piece of clothing that hangs from the waist, covering the lower body.

Senses

Saum is used for these senses in English:

  • fringe A decorative border.
  • hem (sewing) The border of an article of clothing doubled back and stitched together to finish the edge and prevent it from fraying.
  • hemline The height of this line, measured from the floor.
  • sawm (Islam) Fasting, abstention, abstinence; the third of the five pillars of Islam.
  • seam (sewing) A folded-back and stitched piece of fabric; especially, the stitching that joins two or more pieces of fabric.
  • skirt A border; edge; margin; extreme part of anything.

fringe — full definition

  1. noun A decorative border of hanging threads or tassels.
  2. noun The edge or outer part of something, away from the main or central area.
  3. noun British English: hair that is cut to hang down over the forehead (American English: bangs).
  4. adj Outside the mainstream; unconventional or extreme.
  5. verb To form a border along the edge of something.

hem — full definition

  1. noun The folded and stitched edge of a piece of clothing or fabric, meant to stop it from fraying.
  2. verb To sew a folded edge onto fabric, or (in the phrase "hem in") to surround and restrict someone or something.
  3. interjection A throat-clearing sound made to fill a pause, show hesitation, or grab attention.

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