hedge
Meaning of hedge
noun
- a fence or boundary formed by closely growing bushes or shrubs.
a privet hedge
- a way of protecting oneself against financial loss or other adverse circumstances.
index-linked gilts are a useful hedge against inflation
- a word or phrase used to avoid overprecise commitment, for example etc., often, or sometimes.
- surround with a hedge.
a garden hedged with yew
- limit or qualify (something) by conditions or exceptions.
they hedged their story about with provisos
- protect oneself against loss on (a bet or investment) by making balancing or compensating transactions.
the company hedged its investment position on the futures market
the depth of the Treasury futures market makes it a popular place to hedge against adverse market swings
Old English hegg, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch heg and German Hecke .
Information about hedge
- The plural form of hedge is: hedges.
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Hyphenation of hedge
hedge
- It consists of 1 syllables and 5 chars.
- hedge is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
hedge synonyms
Meaning hedgerow:
Meaning hedging:
Meaning fudge:
fudge, evade, circumvent, parry, elude, skirt, dodge, duck, sidestep
Meaning a barrier, railing, or other upright structure, typically of wood or wire, enclosing an area of ground to prevent or control access or escape:
Meaning a thing, such as a row of trees or a fence, wall, or screen, that provides shelter or protection from the wind:
Meaning a fence or other obstacle that prevents movement or access:
Meaning an improvised barrier erected across a street or other thoroughfare to prevent or delay the movement of opposing forces:
Meaning a line which marks the limits of an area; a dividing line:
Meaning hedging, especially of hawthorn, grown from slips or cuttings:
Meaning a measure taken to protect someone or something or to prevent something undesirable:
Meaning a person or thing that protects someone or something:
Meaning a broad piece of metal or another suitable material, held by straps or a handle attached on one side, used as a protection against blows or missiles:
Meaning a fixed or movable upright partition used to divide a room, give shelter from draughts, heat, or light, or to provide concealment or privacy:
Meaning a person who keeps watch, especially a soldier or other person assigned to protect a person or to control access to a place:
Meaning a person or thing that reduces a shock or that forms a barrier between incompatible or antagonistic people or things:
Meaning a bag of cloth stuffed with a mass of soft material, used as a comfortable support for sitting or leaning on:
Meaning a thing which lies on, over, or around something, especially in order to protect or conceal it:
Meaning an arrangement by which a company or the state undertakes to provide a guarantee of compensation for specified loss, damage, illness, or death in return for payment of a specified premium:
Meaning the state of being free from danger or threat:
Meaning the action of providing or supplying something for use:
Meaning the use of ambiguous language to conceal the truth or to avoid committing oneself; prevarication:
Meaning the action of evading something:
Meaning a slight objection or criticism about a trivial matter:
Meaning a pass of an examination or an official completion of a course, especially one conferring status as a recognized practitioner of a profession or activity:
Meaning avoid making a decision or committing oneself in order to gain time:
Meaning the state of being uncertain:
Meaning lack of certainty or distinctness:
Meaning be all round (someone or something):
Meaning surround or close off on all sides:
Meaning form a circle around; surround:
Meaning move all the way around (someone or something), especially more than once:
Meaning surround (someone or something), especially for protection or containment:
Meaning form an edge along or beside (something):
Meaning provide with a border or edge:
Meaning walk or run with leaping strides:
Meaning encircle (a person or part of the body) with a belt or band:
Meaning encircle (the body) with a girdle:
Meaning surround; encircle:
Meaning keep or restrict someone or something within certain limits of (space, scope, or time):
Meaning put a limit on; keep under control:
Meaning set or serve as a limit to:
Meaning make it difficult for (someone) to do something or for (something) to happen:
Meaning block (an opening, path, road, etc.); be or get in the way of:
Meaning delay or prevent (someone or something) by obstructing them; hinder:
Meaning compel or force (someone) to follow a particular course of action:
Meaning catch (an animal) in a trap:
Meaning only a short distance away or apart in space or time:
Meaning keep safe from harm or injury:
Meaning arrange for compensation in the event of damage to or loss of (property), or injury to or the death of (someone), in exchange for regular payments to a company or to the state:
hedge antonyms
Meaning a value or principle which is regarded as universally valid or which may be viewed without relation to other things:
Meaning firm conviction that something is the case:
Translation of hedge
Words that rhyme with hedge
Edge, edge, abedge, hardedge, behedge, enhedge, rehedge, thornhedge, unhedge, kedge, skedge, Rockledge, Routledge, Rutledge, acknowledge, afterknowledge, alledge, cledge, disacknowledge, duledge, fledge, foreknowledge, frankpledge, gledge, headledge, impledge, interknowledge, interpledge, kentledge, kintledge, knowledge, ledge, metaknowledge, misacknowledge, misknowledge, nonforeknowledge, nonknowledge, pinledge, pledge, preacknowledge, preknowledge, prepledge, priviledge, reacknowledge, refledge, repledge, sledge, superknowledge, unfledge, unedge
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