hedge

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

hedge [hedge hedges hedged hedging] noun, verb BrE [hedʒ] NAmE [hedʒ]
noun
1. a row of bushes or small trees planted close together, usually along the edge of a field, garden/yard or road
•a privet hedge
2. ~ against sth a way of protecting yourself against the loss of sth, especially money
•to buy gold as a hedge against inflation

Word Origin:
Old English hegg, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch heg and German Hecke.

Example Bank:
•Establish which boundary hedges are yours, and which belong to a neighbour.
•Trim the hedge and collect the trimmings.
•a thick hawthorn hedge
•I bought gold as a hedge against inflation.
Idiom: ↑hedge your bets
Derived: ↑hedge against something ▪ ↑hedge somebody in
 
verb
1. intransitive to avoid giving a direct answer to a question or promising to support a particular idea, etc
•Just answer ‘yes’ or ‘no’— and stop hedging.
2. transitive ~ sth to put a ↑hedge around a field, etc.
3. transitive, usually passive ~ sb/sth (about/around) (with sth) (formal)to surround or limit sb/sth
•His religious belief was always hedged with doubt.
•Their offer was hedged around with all sorts of conditions.
Verb forms:

Word Origin:
Old English hegg, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch heg and German Hecke.
 

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  hedging, hedgerow, hedge in