English to Hindi Dictionary

Hindi meaning of hedge

hedge

/noun/ बाड़ा; हाता; मेड; मेंड;
/verb/रोकना; बाड़ा लगाना; टट्टी से घेरना; हैज; घेरा;

Synonym poundage; paling; precinct; stop; hedge off; cordon;

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English Dictionary:

1. Hedge

[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.

2. Hedge

[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.
- To reduce the risk of a wager by making a bet against the side or chance one has bet on.
- To use reservations and qualifications in one's speech so as to avoid committing one's self to anything definite.

3. Hedge

[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.
- To obstruct, as a road, with a barrier; to hinder from progress or success; -- sometimes with up and out.
- To surround for defense; to guard; to protect; to hem (in).
- To surround so as to prevent escape.