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Noun hedge has 3 senses
- hedge, hedgerow - a fence formed by a row of closely planted shrubs or bushes
--1 is a kind of fence, fencing
--1 has particulars: privet hedge; windbreak, shelterbelt
- hedge, hedging - any technique designed to reduce or eliminate financial risk; for example, taking two positions that will offset each other if prices change
--2 is a kind of security, protection
- hedge, hedging - an intentionally noncommittal or ambiguous statement; "when you say `maybe' you are just hedging"
--3 is a kind of evasion, equivocation
Verb hedge has 4 senses
- hedge, fudge, evade, put off, circumvent, parry, elude, skirt, dodge, duck, sidestep - avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues); "He dodged the issue"; "she skirted the problem"; "They tend to evade their responsibilities"; "he evaded the questions skillfully"
--1 is one way to avoid
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- hedge - hinder or restrict with or as if with a hedge; "The animals were hedged in"
--2 is one way to hem in
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- hedge, hedge in - enclose or bound in with or as it with a hedge or hedges; "hedge the property"
--3 is one way to enclose, inclose, shut in
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- hedge - minimize loss or risk; "diversify your financial portfolio to hedge price risks"; "hedge your bets"
--4 is one way to minimize, minimise
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