HEDGE
Dictionary entry overview: What does hedge mean?
• HEDGE (noun)
The noun HEDGE has 3 senses:
1. a fence formed by a row of closely planted shrubs or bushes
2. any technique designed to reduce or eliminate financial risk; for example, taking two positions that will offset each other if prices change
3. an intentionally noncommittal or ambiguous statement
Familiarity information: HEDGE used as a noun is uncommon.
• HEDGE (verb)
The verb HEDGE has 4 senses:
1. avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues)
2. hinder or restrict with or as if with a hedge
3. enclose or bound in with or as it with a hedge or hedges
4. minimize loss or risk
Familiarity information: HEDGE used as a verb is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• HEDGE (noun)
Meaning:
A fence formed by a row of closely planted shrubs or bushes
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
hedge; hedgerow
Hypernyms ("hedge" is a kind of...):
fence; fencing (a barrier that serves to enclose an area)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "hedge"):
privet hedge (hedge of privet plants)
shelterbelt; windbreak (hedge or fence of trees designed to lessen the force of the wind and reduce erosion)
Meaning:
Any technique designed to reduce or eliminate financial risk; for example, taking two positions that will offset each other if prices change
Classified under:
Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession
Synonyms:
hedging; hedge
Hypernyms ("hedge" is a kind of...):
protection; security (defense against financial failure; financial independence)
Meaning:
An intentionally noncommittal or ambiguous statement
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
hedging; hedge
Context example:
when you say 'maybe' you are just hedging
Hypernyms ("hedge" is a kind of...):
equivocation; evasion (a statement that is not literally false but that cleverly avoids an unpleasant truth)
• HEDGE (verb)
Meaning:
Avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues)
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
skirt; sidestep; hedge; evade; parry; fudge; elude; dodge; circumvent; duck; put off
Context examples:
He dodged the issue / she skirted the problem / They tend to evade their responsibilities / he evaded the questions skillfully
Hypernyms (to "hedge" is one way to...):
avoid (stay clear from; keep away from; keep out of the way of someone or something)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "hedge"):
quibble (evade the truth of a point or question by raising irrelevant objections)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Hinder or restrict with or as if with a hedge
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Context example:
The animals were hedged in
Hypernyms (to "hedge" is one way to...):
hem in (surround in a restrictive manner)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Meaning:
Enclose or bound in with or as it with a hedge or hedges
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Synonyms:
hedge in; hedge
Context example:
hedge the property
Hypernyms (to "hedge" is one way to...):
close in; enclose; inclose; shut in (surround completely)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Minimize loss or risk
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Context examples:
diversify your financial portfolio to hedge price risks / hedge your bets
Hypernyms (to "hedge" is one way to...):
minimise; minimize (make small or insignificant)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
