<p><strong>Verb</strong></p><ul><li>(used with object) To hem along a line from which threads have been drawn out, stitching the cross threads into a series of little groups.</li><li>To simulate hand hemstitching by piercing the material with a large machine needle and then stitching around the perforations.</li></ul><p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>The stitch used or the needlework done in hemstitching.</li></ul>