Form and Hem

Form

Form noun - The outward appearance of something as distinguished from its substance.

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Hem and form are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Hem" instead a noun "Form".

Nearby Words: formal, formation, formed, formality, formless

Hem noun - The line or relatively narrow space that marks the outer limit of something.

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Form and hem are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Form" instead a noun "Hem".

Nearby Word: hemline

new

new form

new hem

In some versions, mermaids who took human form could always be identified because the hem of their dresses would always be wet, no matter how hot the day was or how long they were in human form.

Source: Glamour Failure
She uses "The Splash Method", but taking after the Nixie legend, her human form has a perpetually wet skirt or pant hem.

Source: Our Mermaids Are Different
Additional Ogdru Hem show up in B.P.R.D.—Katha-Hem, who ravages the central United States, and the unnamed creature in the Salton Sea, breathing the upgraded form of the Frogman Plague into the atmosphere.

Source: Eldritch Abomination / Comic Books

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