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hedge
/ˈhɛd͡ʒ/
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What does hedge mean?
noun
- A thicket of bushes or other shrubbery, especially one planted as a fence between two portions of land, or to separate the parts of a garden.
- A barrier (often consisting of a line of persons or objects) to protect someone or something from harm.
- A mound of earth, stone- or turf-faced, often topped with bushes, used as a fence between any two portions of land.
More meanings (10)
noun
- A noncommittal or intentionally ambiguous statement.
- Contract or arrangement reducing one's exposure to risk (for example the risk of price movements or interest rate movements).
- (figuratively) With indication of a person's upbringing, or professional activities, taking place by the side of the road; being third-rate, poor, shoddy.
verb
- To enclose with a hedge or hedges.
- To obstruct or surround.
- To offset the risk associated with.
- To avoid verbal commitment.
- To construct or repair a hedge.
- To reduce one's exposure to risk.
proper noun
- A surname.
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IPA pronunciation
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He left the room, ran across two or three fields towards the flock, got upon a hedge, and looked over among them.
Opposite her small gate was the stile that led uphill, under the tall hedge between the burning glow of the cut pastures.
More book examples (3)
This hedge was nearly a quarter of a mile long, but I had to look very hard to see it at all.
Much exhausted, and suffering greatly now for want of food, I turned aside into a lane and sat down under the hedge.
But buying power equipment just to grind a few cart loads of hedge and tree prunings each year may not be economical.