1 a row of bushes or small trees planted close together, usually along the edge of a field, garden/yard or road:
a privet hedge
2 ~ against sth a way of protecting yourself against the loss of sth, especially money:
to buy gold as a hedge against inflation
Part of speech: verb
1 [V] to avoid giving a direct answer to a question or promising to support a particular idea, etc:
Just answer 'yes' or 'no'-and stop hedging.
2 [VN] to put a hedge around a field, etc.
3 [VN] [usuallypassive] ~ sb/sth (about / around) (with sth) (formal) to surround or limit sb/sth:
His religious belief was always hedged with doubt. * Their offer was hedged around with all sorts of conditions.
IDIOMS
hedge your bets to reduce the risk of losing or making a mistake by supporting more than one side in a competition, an argument, etc., or by having several choices available to you:
She hedged her bets by applying for various other jobs as well.
PHRASALVERBS
hedge against sth to do sth to protect yourself against problems, especially against losing money:
a way of hedging against currency risks
hedge sb/sth<->in to surround sb/sth with sth
SYNHEMSB/STHIN:
The cathedral is now hedged in by other buildings. * (figurative) Married life made him feel hedged in and restless.
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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This entry for hedge is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is hedge a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, hedge is tagged as noun.
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