hedge en · NOUN · etymology 1
Pronunciation
- /ˈhɛd͡ʒ/ (Canada, General-American, India, Received-Pronunciation, Scotland)
- hĕj
- (General-American) audio
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ˈhe̝d͡ʒ/ (New-Zealand)
- /ˈhed͡ʒ/ (Australia)
Etymology
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.
Meanings
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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.
But then I had the [massive] flintlock by me for protection. ¶[…]The linen-press and a chest on the top of it formed, however, a very good gun-carriage; and, thus mounted, aim could be taken out of the window[…], and a 'bead' could be drawn upon Molly, the dairymaid, kissing the fogger behind the hedge, little dreaming that the deadly tube was levelled at them.
1879, R[ichard] J[efferies], chapter 1, in The Amateur Poacher, London: Smith, Elder, & Co., […], →OCLC:He trims the hedge once a week.
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A barrier (often consisting of a line of persons or objects) to protect someone or something from harm.
Then Satan answered the Lord, and said, Doth Job fear God for nought? Hast not thou made an hedge about him, and about his house, and about all that he hath on every side? thou hast blessed the work of his hands, and his substance is increased in the land.
1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Job 1:9–10:
- (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.
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(qualifier:especially applied linguistics and pragmatics) A noncommittal or intentionally ambiguous statement.
When not inaccurate, much commentary on the contents of Hobson-Jobson is couched in hedges or relies on speculative estimates in the absence of exact information.
2018, James Lambert, “Setting the Record Straight: An In-depth Examination of Hobson-Jobson”, in International Journal of Lexicography, volume 31, number 4, →DOI, page 487:
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Contract or arrangement reducing one's exposure to risk (for example the risk of price movements or interest rate movements).
A hedge is an investment position intended to offset potential losses/gains that may be incurred by a companion investment. In simple language, a hedge is used to reduce any substantial losses/gains suffered by an individual or an organization.
The asset class acts as a hedge.
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(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.
This particular wheelwright is only a hedge carpenter, without even a shop of his own,[…].
1899, Henry Rider Haggard, A Farmer's Year: Being His Commonplace Book for 1898, page 222: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.
Attalus[…]made him so dead-drunke that insensibly and without feeling he might prostitute his beauty as the body of a common hedge-harlot, to Mulettiers, Groomes and many of the abject servants of his house.
1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 2, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| hedges | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Coordinates
Deriveds
time hedge · hedgepig · hedgebank · hedgy · robin-run-in-the-hedge · hedge garlic · palisade-hedge · hedge popping · hedge-breaking · hedge-hop · hedgehog · hedgeless · hedge riding · dead hedge · hedge-clippers · hedge maze · hedge tree · hedge whore · hedge-diving · unhedge · hedgeline · hedgewards · milk hedge · behedge · hedgebote · jack-by-the-hedge · hedge creeper · hedgewise · hedgebill · hedgerow · hedgetop · hedge cactus · hedge mustard · look as if one has been dragged through a hedge backwards · hedgehyssop · hedgewitch · hedge alehouse · hedgeapple · hedge bindweed · hedgehop · hedgeward · hedge parsley · hedge sermon · hedgeborn · hedgeberry · homely as a hedge fence · hedge priest · hedge parson · hedge trimmer · hedge wizard · war hedge · hedgemaking · hedge-hog · hain · hedge fund · robin-run-the-hedge · hedge apple · hedgehopper · Hedge End · box hedge · hedge-note · hedge witch · hedge marriage · hedge warbler · fedge · hedge-lined · hedge rider · hedgie · hedgelike · hedgemaker · hedgenettle · hedge sparrow · Cornish hedge · hedge school · enhedge · hedge clippers
Translations (114)
io hego (thicket of bushes planted in a row) · pt sebe (thicket of bushes planted in a row) · hu védőfal (barrier to protect someone or something from harm) · sh жѝвичња̄к (thicket of bushes planted in a row) · fi suojaus (finance: contract or arrangement reducing exposure to risk) · gl sebe (mound of earth, used as a fence between any two portions of land) · hu fogadásbiztosítás (finance: contract or arrangement reducing exposure to risk) · wa håye (thicket of bushes planted in a row) · sk živý plot (thicket of bushes planted in a row) · gl barda (thicket of bushes planted in a row) · fa پرچین (thicket of bushes planted in a row) · ja 垣根 (thicket of bushes planted in a row) · pdt Hakj (thicket of bushes planted in a row) · fi valli (mound of earth, used as a fence between any two portions of land) · ary دْرڭ (thicket of bushes planted in a row) · cmn 籬牆 /篱墙 (thicket of bushes planted in a row) · de Heckenausdruck (linguistics: a noncommittal or intentionally ambiguous statement) · es sebe (thicket of bushes planted in a row) · lt gyvatvorė (thicket of bushes planted in a row) · hu sánc (mound of earth, used as a fence between any two portions of land) · ar وَشِيع (thicket of bushes planted in a row) · mi hēti (thicket of bushes planted in a row) · gl arró (mound of earth, used as a fence between any two portions of land) · ru жива́я и́згородь (thicket of bushes planted in a row) · es resguardo (finance: contract or arrangement reducing exposure to risk) · hu ellentranzakció (finance: contract or arrangement reducing exposure to risk) · ang haga (thicket of bushes planted in a row) · nb hekk (thicket of bushes planted in a row) · de Weichzeichner (linguistics: a noncommittal or intentionally ambiguous statement) · sh жѝвица (thicket of bushes planted in a row) · he גָדֵר חַיָה (thicket of bushes planted in a row) · bg насип (mound of earth, used as a fence between any two portions of land) · cs pokrytí rizik (finance: contract or arrangement reducing exposure to risk) · gd fàl (thicket of bushes planted in a row) · et hekk (thicket of bushes planted in a row) · cmn 樹籬 /树篱 (thicket of bushes planted in a row) · eo heĝo (thicket of bushes planted in a row) · mk жи́ва о́града (thicket of bushes planted in a row) · sh žìvičnjāk (thicket of bushes planted in a row) · bg хеджиране (finance: contract or arrangement reducing exposure to risk) · cs zajištění (barrier to protect someone or something from harm) · is limgerði (thicket of bushes planted in a row) · hu bebiztosítás (finance: contract or arrangement reducing exposure to risk) · fi pehmennys (linguistics: a noncommittal or intentionally ambiguous statement) · gl sebe (thicket of bushes planted in a row) · pl żywopłot (thicket of bushes planted in a row) · el φράχτης (thicket of bushes planted in a row) · gl bardal (thicket of bushes planted in a row) · tr çit (thicket of bushes planted in a row) · cs živý plot (thicket of bushes planted in a row) · lv dzīvžogs (thicket of bushes planted in a row) · fi suojamuuri (barrier to protect someone or something from harm) · br garzh (thicket of bushes planted in a row) · is hekk (thicket of bushes planted in a row) · enm hegge (thicket of bushes planted in a row) · hy ցանկապատ (thicket of bushes planted in a row) · sv häck (thicket of bushes planted in a row) · ka ცოცხალი ღობე (thicket of bushes planted in a row) · fr couverture de risque (finance: contract or arrangement reducing exposure to risk) · sl živa meja (thicket of bushes planted in a row) · ga ime (thicket of bushes planted in a row) · gl roleiro (mound of earth, used as a fence between any two portions of land) · cy clawdd (thicket of bushes planted in a row) · es protección (finance: contract or arrangement reducing exposure to risk) · es cerco vivo (thicket of bushes planted in a row) · hy ցանկ (thicket of bushes planted in a row) · es cobertura (finance: contract or arrangement reducing exposure to risk) · cs rozložení rizika (finance: contract or arrangement reducing exposure to risk) · cs vyhýbavé prohlášení (linguistics: a noncommittal or intentionally ambiguous statement) · fi pensasaita (thicket of bushes planted in a row) · cmn 對沖 /对冲 (finance: contract or arrangement reducing exposure to risk) · cmn 屏障 (barrier to protect someone or something from harm) · ko 울타리 (thicket of bushes planted in a row) · ar سِيَاج نَبَاتِيّ (thicket of bushes planted in a row) · ota چیت (thicket of bushes planted in a row) · ca tanca viva (thicket of bushes planted in a row) · ru экиво́к (linguistics: a noncommittal or intentionally ambiguous statement) · gl cómaro (mound of earth, used as a fence between any two portions of land) · cmn 含糊的話 /含糊的话 (linguistics: a noncommittal or intentionally ambiguous statement) · gl valo (mound of earth, used as a fence between any two portions of land) · bg жив плет (thicket of bushes planted in a row) · hu sövény (thicket of bushes planted in a row) · rif afray (barrier to protect someone or something from harm) · sco dyke (thicket of bushes planted in a row) · ga fál (thicket of bushes planted in a row) · nds Hegg (thicket of bushes planted in a row) · gv cleih (thicket of bushes planted in a row) · fr haie (thicket of bushes planted in a row) · fi varaus (linguistics: a noncommittal or intentionally ambiguous statement) · pt cerca viva (thicket of bushes planted in a row) · tr çalı çit (thicket of bushes planted in a row) · hu lefedezés (finance: contract or arrangement reducing exposure to risk) · ro gard viu (thicket of bushes planted in a row) · es seto vivo (thicket of bushes planted in a row) · nn hekk (thicket of bushes planted in a row) · nrf bantchie (thicket of bushes planted in a row) · nrf fossaï (thicket of bushes planted in a row) · tr çeper (thicket of bushes planted in a row) · it siepe (thicket of bushes planted in a row) · id pagar hidup (thicket of bushes planted in a row) · grc φραγμός (thicket of bushes planted in a row) · pt cobertura de risco (finance: contract or arrangement reducing exposure to risk) · sh žìvica (thicket of bushes planted in a row) · nl haag (thicket of bushes planted in a row) · cs ochrana (barrier to protect someone or something from harm) · ga airbhe (thicket of bushes planted in a row) · hu sövénykerítés (thicket of bushes planted in a row) · de Hecke (thicket of bushes planted in a row) · gd callaid (thicket of bushes planted in a row) · da hæk (thicket of bushes planted in a row) · el φράκτης με θάμνους (thicket of bushes planted in a row) · arz سور من الشجر (thicket of bushes planted in a row) · pdt Schauns (thicket of bushes planted in a row) · la saepēs (thicket of bushes planted in a row)