hedge-fence
31hedge\ about — • hedge in 1. To surround with a hedge or barrier; protect or separate by closing in. The house is hedged about with hushes and trees. The little garden is hedged in to keep the chickens out. 2. To keep from getting out or moving freely; keep… …
32hedge\ in — • fence in • hedge in • hem in v To keep (someone) from doing what he or she would like to do. Usually used in the passive. Mary felt fenced in because her father would not let her drive a car or have dates with boys. John didn t like his job… …
33fence\ in — • fence in • hedge in • hem in v To keep (someone) from doing what he or she would like to do. Usually used in the passive. Mary felt fenced in because her father would not let her drive a car or have dates with boys. John didn t like his job… …
34Fence — A fence is a freestanding structure designed to restrict or prevent movement across a boundary. It is generally distinguished from a wall by the lightness of its construction: a wall is usually restricted to such barriers made from solid brick or …
35fence — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. barrier, barricade, wall, stockade, paling, hedge, railing; slang, bagman or woman, receiver [of stolen goods]. v. i. en close; fight, thrust and parry; parry, evade; slang, bootleg, black market,… …
36hedge — {{11}}hedge (n.) O.E. hecg, originally any fence, living or artificial, from W.Gmc. *khagja (Cf. M.Du. hegge, Du. heg, O.H.G. hegga, Ger. Hecke hedge ), from PIE *kagh to catch, seize; wickerwork, fence (Cf. L. caulae a sheepfold, enclosure, Gaul …
37Hedge (finance) — For other uses, see Hedge (disambiguation). Finance Financial markets …
38hedge — 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… …
39hedge — 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,… …
40Hedge (barrier) — A hedge is a line of closely spaced shrubs and bushes, planted and trained in such a way as to form a barrier or to mark the boundary of an area. Hedges, especially those used to separate a road from adjoining fields or one field from another,… …
