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    [Noun]  | "hedge" | \ ˈhej \


    1: a fence or boundary formed by a dense row of shrubs or low trees

    2: barrier, limit

    3: a means of protection or defense (as against financial loss)

    Origin: before 12th century ;

     Middle English hegge, heyg "fence formed by a row of shrubs, bush, underbrush," going back to Old English *hecg "fence formed by shrubs, boundary fence," attested in dative hegge, hecge (also Old English hecge, weak feminine noun, in same sense), going back to Germanic *hagjō (whence also Middle Dutch hegghe "hedge," Old High German hegga "palisade," Middle High German hegge, hecke "hedge"), derivative of a base *hag- "enclosure formed by shrubs" {mat|haw:1|};

    [Verb]  | "hedge" 


    1: to enclose or protect with or as if with a dense row of shrubs or low trees : to enclose or protect with or as if with a hedge : encircle

    2: to confine so as to prevent freedom of movement or action : to obstruct with or as if with a barrier : hinder

    3: to protect oneself from losing or failing by a counterbalancing action

    Origin: 14th century ;

     Middle English heggen, hedgyn "to make a hedge, fence in with a hedge," derivative of hegge, heyg {see: |hedge:1|hedge:1};

    [Phrasal verb]  | "hedge against" 


    1: to protect oneself from (something)

    [Phrasal verb]  | "hedge in" 


    1: to form a boundary around (something)

    2: to surround or restrict (someone) in a way that prevents free movement or action

    [Noun]  | "hedges" 


    1: a physical object that blocks the way;


      * e.g., " ... the messenger was confronted with a hedge of spears held aloft by the castle guards "



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    [Noun]  | "hedge" 


    1: a physical object that blocks the way;


      * e.g., " ... the messenger was confronted with a hedge of spears held aloft by the castle guards "



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    [Verb]  | "hedges" 


    1: to avoid giving a definite answer or position;


      * e.g., " ... kept hedging whenever asked for an opinion on the matter "



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    2: to close or shut in by or as if by barriers;


      * e.g., " ... the prison was hedged by a high stone wall "



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    [Verb]  | "hedge" 


    1: to avoid giving a definite answer or position;


      * e.g., " ... kept hedging whenever asked for an opinion on the matter "



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    2: to close or shut in by or as if by barriers;


      * e.g., " ... the prison was hedged by a high stone wall "



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    [Verb]  | "hedges (in)" 


     [ "hedges" ]

    1: A NorCal term for marijuana.

      * e.g.,  ... "Yo Humboldt County has the sickest hedges" 

     [ "Hedge" ]

    1: A. That one kid who annoys you B. Annoying in a preppy way

      * e.g.,  ... Stop clicking your pen in class! You're such a hedge. Trevor is wearing so much vineyards vines he's a hedge 

     [ "hedge" ]

    1: n.

      * e.g.,  ... We can hedge the 04 convertable paper by going short the common stock. 

     [ "hedge" ]

    2:  A means of protection against financial loss.

     [ "hedge" ]

    3:  A securities transaction designed to reduce the risk of an existing position.

     [ "hedge" ]

    4: v.

     [ "hedge" ]

    5: To minimize potential loss by counterbalancing one transaction, such as a bet, against another.

     [ "hedged" ]

    1: A form of rejection whereby one elusively retreats from your life with no explanation.

      * e.g.,  ... That jerk Vince just hedged me - he's the worst. 

     [ "Hedge" ]

    1: Meaning awesome, cool, killer, sweet, good, very nice. Usually pertaining to someone or something looking or seeming "Hedge".

      * e.g.,  ... Wow! You look pretty HEDGE today, dude! 

     [ "hedged it" ]

    1: When you stop at the bar to fit that last quick beer in and as your done chugging it and you're walking out you "verp" some in to your own hand, but not wanting to get it on the floor you just slurp it out of your own hand.

      * e.g.,  ... He chugged that last beer and on the way out he "hedged it." 

     [ "hedge" ]

    1: n.

      * e.g.,  ... Cool hedge poon!. 

     [ "hedge" ]

    2:  A nicely trimmed bush.

     [ "hedge" ]

    1: Annoying in a preppy way

      * e.g.,  ... Man, ur such a hedge! 

     [ "Hedge" ]

    1: "That one kid who annoys you"

      * e.g.,  ... Stop clicking your pen in class, you are such a hedge. 

     [ "Hedged" ]

    1: Getting too drunk that your body cannot function correctly, equivalent to falling drunkenly in a hedge.

      * e.g.,  ... “What you doing tonight then” 

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