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Defenition of the word hedge

    • Defenition of the word hedge

      • A line of closely planted bushes or shrubs, marking the boundaries of a property.
      • avoid or try to avoid, as of duties, questions and issues; "He dodged the issue"
      • a fence formed by a row of closely planted shrubs or bushes
      • an intentionally noncommittal or ambiguous statement
      • taking two positions that will offset each other if prices change and so limiting financial risk
      • an intentionally noncommittal or ambiguous statement; "when you say `maybe'' you are just hedging"
      • any technique designed to reduce or eliminate financial risk; for example, taking two positions that will offset each other if prices change
      • minimize loss or risk; "diversify your financial portfolio to hedge price risks"; "hedge your bets"
      • avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues); "He dodged the issue"; "she skirted the problem"; "They tend to evade their responsibilities"; "he evaded the questions skillfully"
      • enclose or bound in with or as it with a hedge or hedges; "hedge the property"
      • hinder or restrict with or as if with a hedge; "The animals were hedged in"
      • minimize loss or risk
      • avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues)
      • enclose or bound in with or as it with a hedge or hedges
      • hinder or restrict with or as if with a hedge

    Synonyms for the word hedge

      • barricade
      • be cautious
      • beat around the bush
      • circumvent
      • defend from
      • dodge
      • duck
      • elude
      • encircle
      • enclose
      • evade
      • fudge
      • get around
      • guard against
      • hedgerow
      • hedging
      • parry
      • prevaricate
      • protect
      • put off
      • ring fence
      • sidestep
      • skirt

    Similar words in the hedge

      • hedge
      • hedge's
      • hedged
      • hedgehog
      • hedgehog's
      • hedgehogs
      • hedgerow
      • hedgerow's
      • hedgerows
      • hedges

    Hyponyms for the word hedge

      • beg
      • privet hedge
      • quibble
      • shelterbelt
      • windbreak

    Hypernyms for the word hedge

      • avoid
      • close in
      • enclose
      • equivocation
      • evasion
      • fence
      • fencing
      • hem in
      • inclose
      • minimise
      • minimize
      • protection
      • security
      • shut in
      • surname

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