hedge

hedge has 15 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 5.

Definitions

• n.. A thicket of bushes, usually thorn bushes; especially, such a thicket planted as a fence between any two portions of land; and also any sort of shrubbery, as evergreens, planted in a line or as a fence; particularly, such a thicket planted round a field to fence it, or in rows to separate the parts of a garden.
• v. t.. To inclose or separate with a hedge; to fence with a thickly set line or thicket of shrubs or small trees; as, to hedge a field or garden.
• v. t.. To obstruct, as a road, with a barrier; to hinder from progress or success; -- sometimes with up and out.
• v. t.. To surround for defense; to guard; to protect; to hem (in).
• v. t.. To surround so as to prevent escape.
• v. i.. To shelter one's self from danger, risk, duty, responsibility, etc., as if by hiding in or behind a hedge; to skulk; to slink; to shirk obligations.
• v. i.. To reduce the risk of a wager by making a bet against the side or chance one has bet on.
• v. i.. To use reservations and qualifications in one's speech so as to avoid committing one's self to anything definite.
• n.. a fence formed by a row of closely planted shrubs or bushes
• n.. an intentionally noncommittal or ambiguous statement; "when you say `maybe' you are just hedging"
• n.. any technique designed to reduce or eliminate financial risk; for example, taking two positions that will offset each other if prices change
• v.. minimize loss or risk; "diversify your financial portfolio to hedge price risks"; "hedge your bets"