ALL meanings of hedge
hedge
H h - noun hedge row of dense shrubs 1
- noun hedge protection against financial risk 1
- intransitive verb hedge be evasive 1
- transitive verb hedge protect: against financial risk 1
- noun hedge A fence or boundary formed by closely growing bushes or shrubs. 1
- noun hedge a row of bushes or small trees planted close together, especially when forming a fence or boundary; hedgerow: small fields separated by hedges. 1
- noun hedge any barrier or boundary: a hedge of stones. 1
- noun hedge an act or means of preventing complete loss of a bet, an argument, an investment, or the like, with a partially counterbalancing or qualifying one. 1
- verb with object hedge to enclose with or separate by a hedge: to hedge a garden. 1
- verb with object hedge to surround and confine as if with a hedge; restrict (often followed by in, about, etc.): He felt hedged in by the rules of language. 1
- verb with object hedge to protect with qualifications that allow for unstated contingencies or for withdrawal from commitment: He hedged his program against attack and then presented it to the board. 1
- verb with object hedge to mitigate a possible loss by counterbalancing (one's bets, investments, etc.). 1
- verb with object hedge to prevent or hinder free movement; obstruct: to be hedged by poverty. 1
- verb without object hedge to avoid a rigid commitment by qualifying or modifying a position so as to permit withdrawal: He felt that he was speaking too boldly and began to hedge before they could contradict him. 1
- verb without object hedge to prevent complete loss of a bet by betting an additional amount or amounts against the original bet. 1
- verb without object hedge Finance. to enter transactions that will protect against loss through a compensatory price movement. 1
- countable noun hedge A hedge is a row of bushes or small trees, usually along the edge of a garden, field, or road. 0
- verb hedge If you hedge against something unpleasant or unwanted that might affect you, especially losing money, you do something which will protect you from it. 0
- countable noun hedge Something that is a hedge against something unpleasant will protect you from its effects. 0
- verb hedge If you hedge, you avoid answering a question or committing yourself to a particular action or decision. 0
- noun hedge a row of shrubs, bushes, or trees forming a boundary to a field, garden, etc 0
- noun hedge a barrier or protection against something 0
- noun hedge the act or a method of reducing the risk of financial loss on an investment, bet, etc 0
- noun hedge a cautious or evasive statement 0
- noun hedge low, inferior, or illiterate 0
- verb hedge to enclose or separate with or as if with a hedge 0
- verb hedge to make or maintain a hedge, as by cutting and laying 0
- verb hedge to hinder, obstruct, or restrict 0
- verb hedge to evade decision or action, esp by making noncommittal statements 0
- verb hedge to guard against the risk of loss in (a bet, the paying out of a win, etc), esp by laying bets with other bookmakers 0
- verb hedge to protect against financial loss through future price fluctuations, as by investing in futures 0
- noun hedge a row of closely planted shrubs, bushes, or trees forming a boundary or fence 0
- noun hedge anything serving as a fence or barrier; restriction or defense 0
- noun hedge the act or an instance of hedging 0
- adjective hedge of, in, or near a hedge 0
- adjective hedge low, disreputable, irregular, etc. 0
- verb transitive hedge to place a hedge around or along; border or bound with a hedge 0
- verb transitive hedge to hinder or guard as by surrounding with a barrier 0
- verb transitive hedge to try to avoid or lessen loss in connection with (a bet, risk, etc.) by making counterbalancing bets, investments, etc. 0
- intransitive verb hedge to hide or protect oneself, as if behind a hedge 0
- intransitive verb hedge to hide behind words; refuse to commit oneself or give a direct answer 0
- intransitive verb hedge to try to avoid or lessen loss by making counterbalancing bets, investments, etc. 0
- verb hedge If you hedge, you reduce risk when conducting a transaction by doing an opposite transaction. 0
- noun hedge 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. 0
- noun hedge (Britain, chiefly Devon and Cornwall) A mound of earth, stone- or turf-faced, often topped with bushes, used as a fence between any two portions of land. 0
- noun hedge A non-committal or intentionally ambiguous statement. 0
- noun hedge (finance) Contract or arrangement reducing one's exposure to risk (for example the risk of price movements or interest rate movements). 0
- noun hedge (Britain, Ireland, noun adjunct) Used attributively, with figurative indication of a person's upbringing, or professional activities, taking place by the side of the road; third-rate. 0
- verb hedge (Transitive Verb) To enclose with a hedge or hedges. 0
- verb hedge (Transitive Verb) To obstruct with a hedge or hedges. 0