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  • 31hedge — [hedʒ] noun [C] I a line of bushes or small trees that are growing close together around a garden or a field • a hedge against sth a way of trying to protect yourself against a problem or risk[/ex] a hedge against inflation[/ex] II verb [I] hedge …

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  • 32hedge — gyvatvorė statusas T sritis ekologija ir aplinkotyra apibrėžtis Tanki vienos ar kelių eilių medžių ar krūmų juosta. Sodinamos aplink sodus, sodybas vietoj tvoros, prie kelių, parkuose, skveruose palei takus, aikštes. atitikmenys: angl. green… …

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  • 33hedge — n. & v. n. 1 a fence or boundary formed by closely growing bushes or shrubs. 2 a protection against possible loss or diminution. v. 1 tr. surround or bound with a hedge. 2 tr. (foll. by in) enclose. 3 a tr. reduce one s risk of loss on (a bet or… …

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  • 34hedge — 1. noun /hedʒ/ a) 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… …

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  • 35hedge — Synonyms and related words: abate, about the bush, adjust to, allowance, alter, around the bush, assuage, bar, beat about, beat around, beg the question, bicker, boggle, border line, bound, boundary, boundary condition, boundary line, bourn, box… …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 36hedge — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. shrubbery, hedgerow. See vegetable, enclosure. v. evade; protect, shelter; hem in, obstruct; temporize. See compensation. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. fence, hedgerow, thornbush, shrubbery, enclosure,… …

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  • 37hedge — [OE] Hedge traces its ancestry back to a prehistoric Germanic *khag , which also produced the haw of hawthorn and possibly haggard and quay too. From it was derived the West Germanic noun *khagjō, which has since become differentiated into German …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 38hedge — noun 1》 a fence or boundary formed by closely growing bushes or shrubs. 2》 a contract entered into or asset held as a protection against possible financial loss. 3》 a word or phrase used to allow for additional possibilities or to avoid over… …

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  • 39hedge — I. n. Fence (of bushes or shrubs), hedge fence. II. v. a. 1. Enclose with a hedge. 2. Obstruct, hinder, encumber, hem in, surround. 3. Fortify, guard, protect. III. v. n. Hide, skulk, disappear, take refuge in a hiding place, evade, dodge,… …

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  • 40hedge — n 1. hedgerow, row of boxwood or hawthorn, row of shrubs or bushes, weir, Chiefly Brit. quickset; fence, skirt, hem, rim, wall; border, circumference, circuit, compass, perimeter; boundary, bound, limit, confine, confines, edge, edging, fringe,… …

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