hedge

Significado (Inglés)

Noun

1. A thicket of bushes or other shrubbery, especially one planted as a fence between two portions of land, or to separate the parts of a garden.
2. A barrier (often consisting of a line of persons or objects) to protect someone or something from harm.
3. A mound of earth, stone- or turf-faced, often topped with bushes, used as a fence between any two portions of land.
4. A non-committal or intentionally ambiguous statement.
5. Contract or arrangement reducing one's exposure to risk (for example the risk of price movements or interest rate movements).
6. Used attributively, with figurative indication of a person's upbringing, or professional activities, taking place by the side of the road; third-rate.

Verb

1. To enclose with a hedge or hedges.
2. To obstruct or surround.
3. To offset the risk associated with.
4. To avoid verbal commitment.
5. To construct or repair a hedge.
6. To reduce one's exposure to risk.

Conceptos

seto

seto vivo

cobertura

valla

lindero

cerca viva

cercar

cerca

cerco

defender

defensa

protección

sendero

columna aislada

frontera

hito

límite

mojón

piedra lindera

pilar

equilibrar riesgos

protegerse

elusión

evasiva

evasión

cerco vivo

hilera

obstrucción

reja

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/hɛd͡ʒ/

Etimología (Inglés)

From Middle English hegge, from Old English heċġ, from Proto-West Germanic *haggju, from Proto-Germanic *hagjō, from Proto-Indo-European *kagʰyóm (“enclosure”). Cognate with Dutch heg, German Hecke. Doublet of hey (a choreographic figure) and quay. More at haw.

Oraciones

The sun shines on both sides of the hedge .

El sol brilla a ambos lados del seto.