hedge
/ˈhɛd͡ʒ/ verb C2- To enclose with a hedge or hedges. · to hedge a field or garden
- To obstruct or surround.
- To offset the risk associated with.
- To avoid verbal commitment. · He carefully hedged his statements with weasel words.
- To construct or repair a hedge.
- To reduce one's exposure to risk.
He/she/it hedges · Past hedged · Past participle hedged · -ing form hedging
Verb forms
- Base form
- hedge
- He/she/it
- hedges
- Past
- hedged
- Past participle
- hedged
- -ing form
- hedging
Phrasal verbs and expressions
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When their strife was at its height, a Bramble from the neighboring hedge lifted up its voice, and said in a boastful tone: “Pray, my dear friends, in my presence at least cease from such vain disputings.”
The Ass replied that passing through a hedge he had trod with his foot upon a sharp thorn.
A FOX was mounting a hedge when he lost his footing and caught hold of a Bramble to save himself.
Having pricked and grievously torn the soles of his feet, he accused the Bramble because, when he had fled to her for assistance, she had used him worse than the hedge itself.
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