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Grammar : Noun, verb
Spell : hej
Phonetic Transcription : hɛdʒ



Definition of hedge

Origin :
  • Old English hecg, originally any fence, living or artificial, from West Germanic *khagja (cf. Middle Dutch hegge, Dutch heg, Old High German hegga, German Hecke "hedge"), from PIE *kagh- "to catch, seize; wickerwork, fence" (cf. Latin caulae "a sheepfold, enclosure," Gaulish caio "circumvallation," Welsh cae "fence, hedge"). Related to Old English haga "enclosure, hedge" (see haw). Figurative sense of "boundary, barrier" is from mid-14c. Prefixed to any word, it "notes something mean, vile, of the lowest class" [Johnson], from contemptuous attributive sense of "plying one's trade under a hedge" (hedge-priest, hedge-lawyer, hedge-wench, etc.), a usage attested from 1530s.
  • noun boundary, obstacle, especially one made of plants
  • verb avoid, dodge
  • verb enclose
Example sentences :
  • A thrush sat in the hedge, and she was singing her morning song.
  • Extract from : « A Little Book of Profitable Tales » by Eugene Field
  • Whose cow is that at the top of the ditch, half through my hedge?
  • Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 9 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
  • They heard only a crashing of boughs, the parting of the hedge.
  • Extract from : « The Avenger » by E. Phillips Oppenheim
  • She looked at him for a few moments, and then she threw the sally rod into the hedge.
  • Extract from : « Changing Winds » by St. John G. Ervine
  • When the horn was sounded, he merely drew into the hedge and did not look round.
  • Extract from : « People of Position » by Stanley Portal Hyatt
  • The cotton merchant, in making a hedge, would proceed in this fashion.
  • Extract from : « The Fabric of Civilization » by Anonymous
  • I was off to the hedge, Charlotte picking herself up and scurrying after.
  • Extract from : « The Golden Age » by Kenneth Grahame
  • The moment they were past we were through the hedge and after them.
  • Extract from : « The Golden Age » by Kenneth Grahame
  • Through a gap in the hedge we could see the party setting off down the road.
  • Extract from : « The Golden Age » by Kenneth Grahame
  • In a couple of weeks I'll see your light shining through the hedge of an evening.
  • Extract from : « Howards End » by E. M. Forster

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