Meaning

4 senses

  1. (transitive)To hedge about; surround with or as with a hedge.

  2. (transitive)To determine the boundary or limit of; define.

  3. (transitive)To surround; beset; plague; hinder.

  4. (transitive)To straiten; restrict; constrain; limit.

Origin

From be- + hedge; compare Old English behegian and Dutch beheggen (“to put a hedge around,

From be- + hedge; compare Old English behegian and Dutch beheggen (“to put a hedge around, behedge”).

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Forms

behedges, behedging, behedged, behedged
Base formbehedge · to behedge
3rd person singularbehedges
Present participlebehedging
Past simplebehedged
Past participlebehedged

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theybehedge
he, she, itbehedges

Past simpleLesson

all personsbehedged

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave behedged
he, she, ithas behedged

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill behedge

Synonyms

84 synonyms
borderB1encloseB1hedgeB2boundB1defineB1impedeC1delayB1difficultA1diminishC2interfereB2hamperC2dashB2handicapB2hinderC2

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
behaviorA2behavioralbehaviourA2beheadbehemothbehestC2behindA1
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