hedge
[noun]
Synonyms:
- barrier, boundary, screen, windbreak
[verb]
Synonyms:
- dodge, duck, equivocate, evade, flannel (Brit. informal), prevaricate, sidestep, temporize
- insure, cover, guard, protect, safeguard, shield

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English Thesaurus: lawn, flowerbed, rockery, hedge, vegetable patch/plot, ...

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I. hedge¹ /hedʒ/ noun [countable]
[Language: Old English; Origin: hecg]

1. a row of small bushes or trees growing close together, usually dividing one field or garden from another

2. something that protects you against possible problems, especially financial loss
hedge against
Buying a house will be a hedge against inflation.
⇒ look as if you’ve been dragged through a hedge backwards at drag¹(13)

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II. hedge² verb (past tense and past participle hedged, present participle hedging) [intransitive and transitive]

1. to avoid giving a direct answer to a question:
You’re hedging again – have you got the money or haven’t you?
‘That depends on my partner,’ she hedged.

2. hedge your bets to reduce your chances of failure or loss by trying several different possibilities instead of one:
It’s a good idea to hedge your bets by applying to more than one college.
hedge against something phrasal verb
to try to protect yourself against possible problems, especially financial loss:
Smart managers will hedge against price increases.
hedge in phrasal verb be hedged in

1. to be surrounded or enclosed by something:
The building was hedged in by trees.

2. if you feel hedged in by something, you feel that your freedom is restricted by it

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

hedge
noun
ADJ. high, low, tall, thick | boundary, garden, roadside Establish which boundary hedges are yours, and which belong to a neighbour.
beech, box, hawthorn, privet, yew, etc. a thick hawthorn hedge
VERB + HEDGE plant | clip, trim Trim the hedge and collect the trimmings.
HEDGE + NOUN clippings, trimmings | trimmer

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

lawn [countable] an area of short grass in a garden:
They were sitting on the front lawn of the house.
flowerbed [countable] an area of ground where you grow flowers:
The flowerbeds were well maintained.
rockery [countable] British English an area of a garden where there are rocks with small flowers growing between them
hedge [countable] a row of small bushes or trees growing close together, used for dividing one garden from another:
a beech hedge
vegetable patch/plot [countable] (also kitchen garden British English) a part of a garden where you grow vegetables
patio [countable] a flat stone area next to a house, where people sit outside
decking [uncountable] a flat wooden area in a garden, where people can sit
pond [countable] a small area of water in a garden
water feature [countable] a small pool or structure with water running through it, used to make a garden look more attractive
greenhouse [countable] a glass building where you can grow plants that need protection from the weather
shed [countable] a small wooden building in a garden, where you can store things
cut the grass/mow the lawn to cut grass using a machine:
I need to mow the lawn.
trim a hedge to make a hedge look neater by cutting small pieces off it:
Hedges need to be trimmed regularly in summer.
cut back/prune shrubs to cut pieces off a bush in order to make it grow better:
March is the ideal time for pruning roses.
weed the flowerbeds/do some weeding to remove unwanted plants:
Dad was doing some weeding.
sow seeds to put seeds in the ground:
The children had been sowing sunflower seeds.
plant a plant/tree to put a plant or tree in the ground so that it will grow:
They’d planted a row of cherry trees.
deadhead plants to remove the dead or dying flowers from a plant:
When deadheading roses, make sure you use sharp pruning scissors.

[TahlilGaran] English Thesaurus ▲

lawn [countable] an area of short grass in a garden:
They were sitting on the front lawn of the house.
flowerbed [countable] an area of ground where you grow flowers:
The flowerbeds were well maintained.
rockery [countable] British English an area of a garden where there are rocks with small flowers growing between them
hedge [countable] a row of small bushes or trees growing close together, used for dividing one garden from another:
a beech hedge
vegetable patch/plot [countable] (also kitchen garden British English) a part of a garden where you grow vegetables
patio [countable] a flat stone area next to a house, where people sit outside
decking [uncountable] a flat wooden area in a garden, where people can sit
pond [countable] a small area of water in a garden
water feature [countable] a small pool or structure with water running through it, used to make a garden look more attractive
greenhouse [countable] a glass building where you can grow plants that need protection from the weather
shed [countable] a small wooden building in a garden, where you can store things
shed jobs/workers/staff etc
The bank continued to shed workers.
shed weight (=lose weight from your body)
Doing exercise is the best way to shed surplus weight.
shed pounds/kilos (=to lose this amount of weight)
I needed to shed a few pounds.
shed an image (=change people's opinion about someone or something)
Has the industry finally shed its negative image?
shed your inhibitions (=stop worrying about what other people will think of your behaviour)
As the party went on, people began to shed their inhibitions.

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