Overview of noun hem_in

The noun hemin has 1 sense

• hemin, protohemin -- (a reddish-brown chloride of heme; produced from hemoglobin in laboratory tests for the presence of blood)

Overview of verb hem_in

The verb hem in has 2 senses

• hem in -- (surround in a restrictive manner; "The building was hemmed in by flowers")


• besiege, beleaguer, surround, hem in, circumvent -- (surround so as to force to give up; "The Turks besieged Vienna")