hedge (Meaning)
hedge (n)
a fence formed by a row of closely planted shrubs or bushes
any technique designed to reduce or eliminate financial risk; for example, taking two positions that will offset each other if prices change
an intentionally noncommittal or ambiguous statement
hedge (v)
avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues)
hinder or restrict with or as if with a hedge
enclose or bound in with or as it with a hedge or hedges
minimize loss or risk
hedge (n.)
A thicket of bushes, usually thorn bushes; especially, such a thicket planted as a fence between any two portions of land; and also any sort of shrubbery, as evergreens, planted in a line or as a fence; particularly, such a thicket planted round a field to fence it, or in rows to separate the parts of a garden.
hedge (v. t.)
To inclose or separate with a hedge; to fence with a thickly set line or thicket of shrubs or small trees; as, to hedge a field or garden.
To obstruct, as a road, with a barrier; to hinder from progress or success; -- sometimes with up and out.
To surround for defense; to guard; to protect; to hem (in).
To surround so as to prevent escape.
hedge (v. i.)
To shelter one's self from danger, risk, duty, responsibility, etc., as if by hiding in or behind a hedge; to skulk; to slink; to shirk obligations.
To reduce the risk of a wager by making a bet against the side or chance one has bet on.
To use reservations and qualifications in one's speech so as to avoid committing one's self to anything definite.
Synonyms & Antonyms of hedge
Synonyms:
- handicap
- crimp
- obstruction
- encumbrance
- fender
- cushion
- bumper
- clog
- bulwark
- let
- hurdle
- rampart
- interference
- curb
- roadblock
- trammel
- constraint
- stop
- pale
- restraint
- shackle(s)
- paling
- dam
- inhibition
- snag
- buffer
- impediment
- deterrent
- stumbling block
- bar
- hobble
- fetter
- hindrance
- embarrassment
Antonyms:
No weak antonyms found.
hedge Sentence Examples
- The hedge surrounding the mansion created an impenetrable barrier.
- The gardener trimmed the hedge into an intricate maze.
- The prickly hedge kept intruders at bay.
- She longed to escape the confines of her hedged neighborhood.
- The hedge separated the garden from the untamed wilderness.
- The green hedge provided a soothing backdrop for the patio.
- The hedge row acted as a natural windbreak for the apple orchard.
- The hedge fund manager made a risky investment that paid off handsomely.
- She hesitated at the hedge, unsure whether to plunge into the unknown.
- The hedge of thorns symbolized the pain and difficulty she had endured.
FAQs About the word hedge
a fence formed by a row of closely planted shrubs or bushes, any technique designed to reduce or eliminate financial risk; for example, taking two positions tha
barricade,fence, wall, barrier, block, chain,obstacle, handicap, crimp, obstruction
entrance, door, gate,door, gate, doorway, entry, portal, portal, doorway
The hedge surrounding the mansion created an impenetrable barrier.
The gardener trimmed the hedge into an intricate maze.
The prickly hedge kept intruders at bay.
She longed to escape the confines of her hedged neighborhood.
