hedge
/ˈhɛd͡ʒ/ verbe C2En français : entourer d'une haie, couvrir, tergiverser
- 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 · Prétérit hedged · Participe passé hedged · Forme en -ing hedging
Formes du verbe
- Forme de base
- hedge
- He/she/it
- hedges
- Prétérit
- hedged
- Participe passé
- hedged
- Forme en -ing
- hedging
Verbes à particule et expressions
Dans la bibliothèque
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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