Definition of hedge

"hedge" in the noun sense

1. hedge, hedgerow

a fence formed by a row of closely planted shrubs or bushes

2. hedge, hedging

any technique designed to reduce or eliminate financial risk for example, taking two positions that will offset each other if prices change

3. hedge, hedging

an intentionally noncommittal or ambiguous statement

"when you say `maybe' you are just hedging"

"hedge" in the verb sense

1. hedge, fudge, evade, put off, circumvent, parry, elude, skirt, dodge, duck, sidestep

avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues

"He dodged the issue"

"she skirted the problem"

"They tend to evade their responsibilities"

"he evaded the questions skillfully"

2. hedge

hinder or restrict with or as if with a hedge

"The animals were hedged in"

3. hedge, hedge in

enclose or bound in with or as it with a hedge or hedges

"hedge the property"

4. hedge

minimize loss or risk

"diversify your financial portfolio to hedge price risks"

"hedge your bets"

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Quotations for hedge

Gather gear by every wile
That's justified by honor;
Not for to hide it in a hedge,
Nor for a train attendant;
But for the glorious privilege
Of being independent. [ Burns ]

A low hedge is easily leaped over. [ Proverb ]

A hedge between, keeps friendship green. [ Proverb ]

Let the best horse leap the hedge first. [ Proverb ]

Where the hedge is lowest men leap over. [ Proverb ]

Some to the holly hedge
Nestling repair; and to the thicket some;
Some to the rude protection of the thorn. [ Thomson ]

It is good sheltering under an old hedge. [ Proverb ]

You find a gap, where the hedge is whole. [ Proverb ]

Love your neighbour, yet pull not down your hedge. [ English Proverb, collected by George Herbert ]

Love your neighbour, but cut not up your hedge for him. [ Proverb ]

The milk-white lilies that lean from the fragrant hedge. [ Alice Cary ]

Better shelter under an old hedge than a young furzbush. [ Proverb ]

It is a bad stake that will not stand in the hedge one year. [ Proverb ]

One man may better steal a horse than another look over the hedge. [ Proverb ]

Wise men in the world are like timber-trees in a hedge, here and there one. [ Proverb ]

I have cured her from lying in the hedge, quoth the good man when he married his daughter. [ Proverb ]

hedge in Scrabble®

The word hedge is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 10

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Play In The Letters hedge:

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hedge in Words With Friends™

The word hedge is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 10

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Words within the letters of hedge

2 letter words in hedge (2 words)

3 letter words in hedge (2 words)

4 letter words in hedge (2 words)

5 letter words in hedge (1 word)

hedge + 1 blank (3 words)

Words containing the sequence hedge

Words with hedge in them (1 word)

Words that end with hedge (1 word)

Word Growth involving hedge

Shorter words in hedge

edge

he

Longer words containing hedge

hedgecutter hedgecutters

hedged

hedgefund hedgefunds

hedgehog hedgehogs

hedger hedgerow hedgerows

hedger hedgers

hedges

hedgewood