| Hedge: English to English |
| Hedge (n.) A thicket of bushes, usually thorn bushes; especially, such a thicket planted as a fence between any two portions of land; and also any sort of shrubbery, as evergreens, planted in a line or as a fence; particularly, such a thicket planted round a field t |
| Hedge (v. i.) To reduce the risk of a wager by making a bet against the side or chance one has bet on. |
| Hedge (v. i.) To shelter one's self from danger, risk, duty, responsibility, etc., as if by hiding in or behind a hedge; to skulk; to slink; to shirk obligations. |
| Hedge (v. i.) To use reservations and qualifications in one's speech so as to avoid committing one's self to anything definite. |
| Hedge (v. t.) To inclose or separate with a hedge; to fence with a thickly set line or thicket of shrubs or small trees; as, to hedge a field or garden. |
| Hedge (v. t.) To obstruct, as a road, with a barrier; to hinder from progress or success; -- sometimes with up and out. |
| Hedge (v. t.) To surround for defense; to guard; to protect; to hem (in). |
| Hedge (v. t.) To surround so as to prevent escape. |