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Antonyms for hedging
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : hej |
| Phonetic Transcription : hɛdʒ |
Definition of hedging
Origin :- late 14c., "make a hedge," also "surround with a barricade or palisade;" from hedge (n.). The sense of "dodge, evade" is first recorded 1590s. That of "insure oneself against loss," as in a bet, by playing something on the other side is from 1670s, originally with in; probably from an earlier use of hedge in meaning "secure (a debt) by including it in a larger one which has better security" (1610s). Related: Hedged; hedging. The noun in the wagering sense is from 1736.
- verb avoid, dodge
- verb enclose
- He was hedging because he thought he had gone too far, but she appeared not to notice it.
- Extract from : « Crooked Trails and Straight » by William MacLeod Raine
- I might have hedged on my own stock, but I don't believe in hedging.
- Extract from : « The Three Partners » by Bret Harte
- But as for that, signore, if you have no axes nor hedging knives, we have them.
- Extract from : « Corleone » by F. Marion Crawford
- This gloom, hedging him on every side, troubled him with a vague fear.
- Extract from : « The Kindred of the Wild » by Charles G. D. Roberts
- Some men were engaged in hedging, when they had to cut down some old trees.
- Extract from : « Finger-Ring Lore » by William Jones
- The withered leaf, the snowflake, the hedging bill that cuts and destroys, why these?
- Extract from : « The Open Air » by Richard Jefferies
- Pruning is the most important matter in the whole business of hedging.
- Extract from : « Soil Culture » by J. H. Walden
- "I'll make a hedging bet and break even with you, Mr. Massingale," he said.
- Extract from : « The City of Numbered Days » by Francis Lynde
- The practice of hedging electives with qualifications is a growing one.
- Extract from : « The Teacher » by George Herbert Palmer
- The reason why all hedging is intelligent is that victory is always Victory when you talk about it.
- Extract from : « H. R. » by Edwin Lefevre
Synonyms for hedging
- be noncommittal
- beat around the bush
- block
- blow hot and cold
- border
- cage
- confine
- coop
- cop a plea
- cop out
- corral
- duck
- edge
- equivocate
- evade
- fence
- flip-flop
- fudge
- girdle
- give the run around
- hem and haw
- hem in
- hinder
- immure
- jive
- obstruct
- pass the buck
- pen
- prevaricate
- pussyfoot
- quibble
- restrict
- ring
- run around
- shilly-shally
- shuck
- shuffle
- sidestep
- siege
- sit on the fence
- stall
- stonewall
- surround
- temporize
- tergiversate
- tergiverse
- waffle
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