hedge

1. (transitive)To enclose with a hedge or hedges.

   to hedge a field or garden

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

2. (transitive)To obstruct or surround.

3. (transitive)To offset the risk associated with.

   minimize loss or risk

4. (ambitransitive)To avoid verbal commitment.

   He carefully hedged his statements with weasel words.

5. (intransitive)To construct or repair a hedge.

   hinder or restrict with or as if with a hedge

6. (intransitive)To reduce one's exposure to risk.

1. He jumped over the hedge.

   Він перестрибнув через паркан.

   ruОн перепрыгнул через изгородь.

   deEr sprang über die Hecke.

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2. The cat crept under the hedge.

   deDie Katze kroch unter die Hecke.

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3. The cat got through the hedge.

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4. Tom helped me trim the hedge.

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5. Tom needs to trim the hedge.

   deTom muss die Hecke schneiden.

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regular · Lesson

• hedge inTo enclose or surround (something) with a hedge, trees or other plant life.
• hedge aroundSynonym of hedge about.
• hedge aboutTo encumber an agreement with rules and conditions.