hedge
/ˈhɛd͡ʒ/ verbo C2En español: cercar, cubrir, evadir
- 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 · Pasado hedged · Participio pasado hedged · Forma en -ing hedging
Formas del verbo
- Forma base
- hedge
- He/she/it
- hedges
- Pasado
- hedged
- Participio pasado
- hedged
- Forma en -ing
- hedging
Phrasal verbs y expresiones
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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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