hedge

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  1. noun A row of closely planted shrubs or low-growing trees forming a fence or boundary.
  2. noun A line of people or objects forming a barrier: a hedge of spectators along the sidewalk.
  3. noun A means of protection or defense, especially against financial loss: a hedge against inflation.
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  • The inside of the hedge was a circular clearing full of sunlight and the feel of magic. —  1
  • What happened as soon as he touched the foliage of the hedge was ample proof that their visit had not been unexpected The entire hedge sprang out in a blaze of light. —  039 - The Seven Agate Devils
  • In finance, a hedge is an investment that is taken out specifically to reduce or cancel out the risk in another investment. —  Ultimi bookmark postati su Segnalo
  • Flowering forsythia hedge is almost in full bloom. —  SWAC Girl
  • The hedges, the way our current accounting is, given that the hedge is a reasonably large number, I think Gene mentioned the —  Healthcare Sector and Stocks Analysis from Seeking Alpha
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thicket ·  bush ·  grove ·  shrub ·  bough ·  fence ·  branch ·  shrubbery ·  tree ·  lawn ·  foliage ·  avenue

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hedge:   hedges ·  hedging ·  hedged
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  1. Middle English, from Old English hecg.

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  1. from Middle English hedge, hegge, from Anglo-Saxon *hecg, not found except in the once-occurring dative hegge, written for either *hecge or hege, but the probable source of the modern form hedge (cf. English edge, from Anglo-Saxon ecg; English wedge, from Anglo-Saxon wecg, etc.), the common Anglo-Saxon form being the nearly related hege, later Middle English heye, haye, English hay, q. v.; Anglo-Saxon*hecg = Middle Dutch hegghe, Dutch hegge, heg = Middle Low German hegge = Old High German hegga, hecka, Middle High German G. hecke, a hedge; = Icelandic heggr = Norwegian hegg = Danish hæg = Swedish hägg, a kind of tree, the bird-cherry (see heckberry, hedgeberry, hegberry, hagberry), apparently so called (like the hawthorn, q. v.) because used in hedges. Cf. Swedish häck, Danish hæk, a hedge, prob. after G. The Anglo-Saxon *hecg, English hedge, and Anglo-Saxon hege. English hay, are both from the more primitive form, Anglo-Saxon haga, English haw: see haw, hay.
  2. from Middle English hedgen, heggen (= Old Dutch heggehn). hedge, inclose; from hedge, n.
 

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