Hedge

Hedge
Hedge Hedge, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Hedged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Hedging}.] 1. To inclose or separate with a hedge; to fence with a thickly set line or thicket of shrubs or small trees; as, to hedge a field or garden. [1913 Webster]

2. To obstruct, as a road, with a barrier; to hinder from progress or success; -- sometimes with up and out. [1913 Webster]

I will hedge up thy way with thorns. --Hos. ii. 6. [1913 Webster]

Lollius Urbius . . . drew another wall . . . to hedge out incursions from the north. --Milton. [1913 Webster]

3. To surround for defense; to guard; to protect; to hem (in). ``England, hedged in with the main.'' --Shak. [1913 Webster]

4. To surround so as to prevent escape. [1913 Webster]

That is a law to hedge in the cuckoo. --Locke. [1913 Webster]

5. To protect oneself against excessive loss in an activity by taking a countervailing action; as, to hedge an investment denominated in a foreign currency by buying or selling futures in that currency; to hedge a donation to one political party by also donating to the opposed political party. [PJC]

{To hedge a bet}, to bet upon both sides; that is, after having bet on one side, to bet also on the other, thus guarding against loss. See hedge[5]. [1913 Webster]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.

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  • Hedge — Hedge, n. [OE. hegge, AS. hecg; akin to haga an inclosure, E. haw, AS. hege hedge, E. haybote, D. hegge, OHG. hegga, G. hecke. [root]12. See {Haw} a hedge.] A thicket of bushes, usually thorn bushes; especially, such a thicket planted as a fence… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Hedge — Hedge, v. i. 1. To shelter one s self from danger, risk, duty, responsibility, etc., as if by hiding in or behind a hedge; to skulk; to slink; to shirk obligations. [1913 Webster] I myself sometimes, leaving the fear of God on the left hand and… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Hedge — may refer to:*Hedge (barrier) or hedgerow, line of closely spaced shrubs planted to act as a barrier *Hedge (finance), investment made to limit loss *Hedge (linguistics), intentionally non committal or ambiguous sentence fragmentsee also*Hedgerow …   Wikipedia

  • Hedge — bezeichnet: das Hedgegeschäft im Finanzbereich eine adverbiale oder adjektivische Wendung, genannt Heckenausdruck Ian Charleson Hedge (* 1928), schottischer Botaniker Thomas Hedge (1844–1920), US amerikanischer Politiker Siehe auch:… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • hedge — / hej/ vi hedged, hedg·ing: to reduce possible losses in speculative transactions by engaging in offsetting transactions (as futures trading) Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. hedge …   Law dictionary

  • hedge — [hej] n. [ME hegge < OE hecg, akin to Ger hecke < IE base * kagh , wickerwork, wickerwork pen > ON heggr, L caulae, sheepfold: basic sense “woven fence, enclosure”] 1. a row of closely planted shrubs, bushes, or trees forming a boundary… …   English World dictionary

  • hedge — ► NOUN 1) a fence or boundary formed by closely growing bushes or shrubs. 2) a contract entered into or asset held as a protection against possible financial loss. 3) a word or phrase used to allow for additional possibilities or to avoid over… …   English terms dictionary

  • hedge — [n] boundary, obstacle, especially one made of plants barrier, bush, enclosure, fence, guard, hedgerow, hurdle, protection, quickset, screen, shrubbery, thicket, windbreak; concepts 429,470 hedge [v1] avoid, dodge beat around the bush*, be… …   New thesaurus

  • Hedge — (spr. Hedsch), Frederick Henry, geb. 1805 zu Cambridge im Staate Massachusetts, ging 1818 mit George Bancroft nach Deutschland u. besuchte seit 1821 Schulpforte, kehrte 1823 nach Amerika zurück, studirte auf der Harvard Universität in Cambridge,… …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • hedge in — index circumscribe (surround by boundary), envelop, occlude, restrict Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

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