Meaning

6 senses
  1. 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.

    He trims the hedge once a week.

    Hecke

    жива́я и́згородьživája ízgorodʹ

    a fence formed by a row of closely planted shrubs or bushes

  2. A barrier (often consisting of a line of persons or objects) to protect someone or something from harm.

  3. (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.

  4. A noncommittal or intentionally ambiguous statement.

    Heckenausdruck, Weichzeichner

    экиво́кekivók

    an intentionally noncommittal or ambiguous statement

  5. 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.

  6. (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.

Examples

78 sentences
  1. He jumped over the hedge.

    Він перестрибнув через паркан. — deniko

    ruОн перепрыгнул через изгородь. — corvard

    deEr sprang über die Hecke. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  2. The cat crept under the hedge.

    deDie Katze kroch unter die Hecke. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  3. The cat got through the hedge.

  4. Tom helped me trim the hedge.

  5. Tom needs to trim the hedge.

    deTom muss die Hecke schneiden. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

Translations

8 languages
Русский
By meaning 2
thicket of bushes planted in a row:
linguistics: a noncommittal or intentionally ambiguous statement:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
thicket of bushes planted in a row:
linguistics: a noncommittal or intentionally ambiguous statement:

Origin

From Middle English hegge, from Old English heċġ, from Proto-West Germanic *haggju, from P

From 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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Forms

plural: hedges
Singularhedge
Pluralhedges

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a fence formed by a row of closely planted shrubs or bushes:hedgerow
  • an intentionally noncommittal or ambiguous statement:hedging
  • any technique designed to reduce or eliminate financial risk; for example, taking two positions that will offset each other if prices change:hedging

Word family

65 related words

See also

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