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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
Example sentences :
  • 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

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