hedge
A thicket of bushes or other shrubbery, especially one planted as a fence between two…A thicket of bushes or other shrubbery, especially one planted as a fence between two portions of land, or to separate the parts of a garden.
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» He jumped over the hedge.
Er sprang über die Hecke. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Er ist über die Hecke gesprungen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Он перепрыгнул через изгородь. — corvard
Он перепрыгнул через живую изгородь. — Selena777
Він перестрибнув через паркан. — deniko
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Examples
77 sentencesHe jumped over the hedge.
Він перестрибнув через паркан. — deniko
ruОн перепрыгнул через изгородь. — corvard
deEr sprang über die Hecke. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
The cat crept under the hedge.
deDie Katze kroch unter die Hecke. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
The cat got through the hedge.
Meaning
6 sensesA thicket of bushes or other shrubbery, especially one planted as a fence between two portions of land, or to separate the parts of a garden.
He trims the hedge once a week.
Hecke
жива́я и́згородьživája ízgorodʹ
a fence formed by a row of closely planted shrubs or bushes
A noncommittal or intentionally ambiguous statement.
Heckenausdruck, Weichzeichner
экиво́кekivók
an intentionally noncommittal or ambiguous statement
Contract or arrangement reducing one's exposure to risk (for example the risk of price movements or interest rate movements).
The asset class acts as a hedge.
More meanings 3
(Ireland, UK, attributive, figuratively)With indication of a person's upbringing, or professional activities, taking place by the side of the road; being third-rate, poor, shoddy.
He then traced them from place to place, till at last he found two of them drinking together, with a third person, at a hedge-tavern near Aldersgate.
A barrier (often consisting of a line of persons or objects) to protect someone or something from harm.
(Cornwall, Devon, UK, West Country)A mound of earth, stone- or turf-faced, often topped with bushes, used as a fence between any two portions of land.
Origin
From Middle English hegge, from Old English heċġ, from Proto-West Germanic *haggju, from PFrom Middle English hegge, from Old English heċġ, from Proto-West Germanic *haggju, from Proto-Germanic *hagjō, from Proto-Indo-European *kagʰyóm (“enclosure”). Cognate with Dutch heg, German Hecke. Doublet of hey (a choreographic figure) and quay. More at haw.
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