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

regular · Lesson

Base formbehedge · to behedge
3rd person singularbehedges
Present participlebehedging
Past simplebehedged
Past participlebehedged

Tenses

behedge · behedged · will behedge · have behedged

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Present simpleLesson

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

Present perfectLesson

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

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill behedge

Past simpleLesson

all personsbehedged

Synonyms

82 synonyms
To hedge about:borderB1encloseB1hedgeB2betine
To determine the boundary or limit of:boundB1defineB1
To surround:impedeC1delayB1diminishC2interfereB2hamperC2dashB2handicapB2hinderC2hurtA1impairB1lessenB1letA1preventA2prohibitB2
To straiten:guardB2governB1bindB2checkA2catchA1containB1buryA2dampenC2limitB1repressB2stopA1suppressB2curtailrestrain

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
behaviorA2behavioralbehaviourA2beheadbehemothbehestC2behindA1

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