Definitions

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  • adjective Resembling a hedge.

Etymologies

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hedge +‎ -like

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Examples

  • Zigzagging dense lines of hedgelike growths, almost black, seemed to follow concealed watercourses.

    The Complete Federation Of The Hub Schmitz, James H. 2000

  • My balding was occurring behind my hedgelike front hairline.

    THE EXTRA MAN JONATHAN AMES 1998

  • He dug into his pocket for his house keys while Laurey, still looking a bit grim, paused to look at the hedgelike bush, festooned with orange and yellow flowers, that grew beside the steps.

    Gage Butler's Reckoning Davis, Justine 1998

  • And suddenly he found himself pushing head foremost into a hedgelike thicket of brush and stopped weakly.

    The Plunderer Henry Oyen 1902

  • a dense hedgelike growth of Kalmia latifolia, there were no other lights in the hollow; so that the dinner-table had the effect of standing in a cave; for where the gleam of the candles ended, the surrounding darkness appeared solid like a wall.

    It, and Other Stories Gouverneur Morris 1914

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