hedge

Signification

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.

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/hɛd͡ʒ/

Étymologie

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.

Phrases

The sun shines on both sides of the hedge .

Le soleil brille des deux côtés de la haie.