hedge

Meaning of hedge

noun
  1. a fence or boundary formed by closely growing bushes or shrubs.
    a privet hedge
  2. a way of protecting oneself against financial loss or other adverse circumstances.
    index-linked gilts are a useful hedge against inflation
  3. a word or phrase used to avoid overprecise commitment, for example etc., often, or sometimes.
verb
  1. surround with a hedge.
    a garden hedged with yew
  2. limit or qualify (something) by conditions or exceptions.
    they hedged their story about with provisos
  3. 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:

hedgerow

Meaning hedging:

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:

fence

Meaning a thing, such as a row of trees or a fence, wall, or screen, that provides shelter or protection from the wind:

windbreak

Meaning a fence or other obstacle that prevents movement or access:

barrier

Meaning an improvised barrier erected across a street or other thoroughfare to prevent or delay the movement of opposing forces:

barricade

Meaning a line which marks the limits of an area; a dividing line:

boundary

Meaning hedging, especially of hawthorn, grown from slips or cuttings:

quickset

Meaning a measure taken to protect someone or something or to prevent something undesirable:

safeguard

Meaning a person or thing that protects someone or something:

protection

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:

shield

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:

screen

Meaning a person who keeps watch, especially a soldier or other person assigned to protect a person or to control access to a place:

guard

Meaning a person or thing that reduces a shock or that forms a barrier between incompatible or antagonistic people or things:

buffer

Meaning a bag of cloth stuffed with a mass of soft material, used as a comfortable support for sitting or leaning on:

cushion

Meaning a thing which lies on, over, or around something, especially in order to protect or conceal it:

cover

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:

insurance

Meaning the state of being free from danger or threat:

security

Meaning the action of providing or supplying something for use:

provision

Meaning the use of ambiguous language to conceal the truth or to avoid committing oneself; prevarication:

equivocation

Meaning the action of evading something:

evasion

Meaning a slight objection or criticism about a trivial matter:

quibble

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:

qualification

Meaning avoid making a decision or committing oneself in order to gain time:

temporizing

Meaning the state of being uncertain:

uncertainty

Meaning lack of certainty or distinctness:

vagueness

Meaning be all round (someone or something):

surround

Meaning surround or close off on all sides:

enclose

Meaning form a circle around; surround:

encircle

Meaning move all the way around (someone or something), especially more than once:

circle

Meaning surround (someone or something), especially for protection or containment:

ring

Meaning form an edge along or beside (something):

border

Meaning provide with a border or edge:

edge

Meaning walk or run with leaping strides:

bound

Meaning encircle (a person or part of the body) with a belt or band:

gird

Meaning encircle (the body) with a girdle:

girdle

Meaning surround; encircle:

engird

Meaning keep or restrict someone or something within certain limits of (space, scope, or time):

confine

Meaning put a limit on; keep under control:

restrict

Meaning set or serve as a limit to:

limit

Meaning make it difficult for (someone) to do something or for (something) to happen:

hinder

Meaning block (an opening, path, road, etc.); be or get in the way of:

obstruct

Meaning delay or prevent (someone or something) by obstructing them; hinder:

impede

Meaning compel or force (someone) to follow a particular course of action:

constrain

Meaning catch (an animal) in a trap:

trap

Meaning only a short distance away or apart in space or time:

close

Meaning keep safe from harm or injury:

protect

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:

insure

hedge antonyms

Meaning a value or principle which is regarded as universally valid or which may be viewed without relation to other things:

absolute

Meaning firm conviction that something is the case:

certainty

Translation of hedge

Words that rhyme with hedge

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