Etymology : Middle English hegge, from Old English hecg; akin to Old English haga hedge, hawthorn
Pronunciation : 'hej
Function : noun
Date : before 12th century
1. row of bushes forming a fence or boundary; barrier, limit. surround with a hedge; put up a boundary, enclose; evade, avoid. hedge\hedge\, v. i.
2. 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. i myself sometimes, leaving the fear of god on the left hand and hiding mine honor in my necessity, am fain to shuffle, to hedge and to lurch.
3. (betting) to reduce the risk of a wager by making a bet against the side or chance one has bet on.
4. to use reservations and qualifications in one's speech so as to avoid committing one's self to anything definite. the heroic stanzas read much more like an elaborate attempt to hedge between the parties than to gain favor from the roundheads.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.
5. see:
haw a hedge.] a thicket of bushes, usually thorn bushes; especially, such a thicket planted as a fence between any two portions of land; and also any sort of shrubbery, as evergreens, planted in a line or as a fence; particularly, such a thicket planted round a field to fence it, or in rows to separate the parts of a garden. the roughest berry on the rudest hedge. through the verdant maze of sweetbrier hedges i pursue my walk.note: hedge, when used adjectively or in composition, often means rustic, outlandish, illiterate, poor, or mean; as, hedge priest; hedgeborn, etc.hedge bells,hedge bindweed (bot.), a climbing plant related to the morning-glory (convolvulus sepium).hedge bill, a long-handled billhook.hedge garlic (bot.), a plant of the genus alliaria. see:
garlic mustard, under garlic.hedge hyssop (bot.), a bitter herb of the genus gratiola, the leaves of which are emetic and purgative.hedge marriage, a secret or clandestine marriage, especially one performed by a hedge priest. [eng.]hedge mustard (bot.), a plant of the genus sisymbrium, belonging to the mustard family.hedge nettle (bot.), an herb, or under shrub, of the genus stachys, belonging to the mint family. it has a nettlelike appearance, though quite harmless.hedge note. (a) the note of a hedge bird. (b) low, contemptible writing. [obs.]hedge priest, a poor, illiterate priest.hedge school, an open-air school in the shelter of a hedge, in ireland; a school for rustics.hedge sparrow (zo?l.), a european warbler (accentor modularis) which frequents hedges. its color is reddish brown, and ash; the wing coverts are tipped with white. called also chanter, hedge warbler, dunnock, and doney.hedge writer, an insignificant writer, or a writer of low, scurrilous stuff. [obs.].
6. A thicket of bushes, usually thorn bushes; especially, such a thicket planted as a fence between any two portions of land; and also any sort of shrubbery, as evergreens, planted in a line or as a fence; particularly, such a thicket planted round a field to fence it, or in rows to separate the parts of a garden.
7. 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.
8. To obstruct, as a road, with a barrier; to hinder from progress or success; sometimes with up and out.
9. To surround for defense; to guard; to protect; to hem.
10. To surround so as to prevent escape.
11. 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.
12. To reduce the risk of a wager by making a bet against the side or chance one has bet on.
13. To use reservations and qualifications in one's speech so as to avoid committing one's self to anything definite. a fence formed by a row of closely planted shrubs or bushes an intentionally noncommittal or ambiguous statement; "when you say `maybe' you are just hedging" any technique designed to reduce or eliminate financial risk; for example, taking two positions that will offset each other if prices change minimize loss or risk; "diversify your financial portfolio to hedge price risks"; "hedge your bets" avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing ; "He dodged the issue"; "she skirted the problem"; "They tend to evade their responsibilities"; "he evaded the questions skillfully" enclose or bound in with or as it with a hedge or hedges; "hedge the property" hinder or restrict with or as if with a hedge; "The animals were hedged in".
14. 1. A hedge is a row of bushes or small trees, usually along the edge of a garden, field, or road.
15. If you hedge against something unpleasant or unwanted that might affect you, especially losing money, you do something which will protect you from it. You can hedge against redundancy or illness with insurance Today's clever financial instruments make it possible for firms to hedge their risks.
16. Something that is a hedge against something unpleasant will protect you from its effects. Gold is traditionally a hedge against inflation.
17. If you hedge, you avoid answering a question or committing yourself to a particular action or decision. They hedged in answering various questions about the operation `I can't give you an answer now,' he hedged.
18. If you hedge your bets, you reduce the risk of losing a lot by supporting more than one person or thing in a situation where they are opposed to each other. Hawker Siddeley tried to hedge its bets by diversifying into other fields.
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