'Hedged' definitions:
Definition of 'hedged'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Evasively worded in order to avoid an unqualified statement [syn: hedged, weasel-worded]
Definition of 'Hedged'
From: GCIDE
- Hedge \Hedge\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hedged; p. pr. & vb. n. Hedging.]
- 1. 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. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To obstruct, as a road, with a barrier; to hinder from progress or success; -- sometimes with up and out. [1913 Webster]
- I will hedge up thy way with thorns. --Hos. ii. 6. [1913 Webster]
- Lollius Urbius . . . drew another wall . . . to hedge out incursions from the north. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To surround for defense; to guard; to protect; to hem (in). "England, hedged in with the main." --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 4. To surround so as to prevent escape. [1913 Webster]
- That is a law to hedge in the cuckoo. --Locke. [1913 Webster]
- 5. To protect oneself against excessive loss in an activity by taking a countervailing action; as, to hedge an investment denominated in a foreign currency by buying or selling futures in that currency; to hedge a donation to one political party by also donating to the opposed political party. [PJC]
- To hedge a bet, to bet upon both sides; that is, after having bet on one side, to bet also on the other, thus guarding against loss. See hedge[5]. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'hedged'
From: GCIDE
- hedged \hedged\ adj. [p. p. from hedge, v. i. [3].] qualified; limited or restricted; as, a hedged promise.
- Syn: weasel-worded. [WordNet 1.5]
Words containing 'Hedged'
- Hedge,
- Hedging,
- hedge in,
- Hedge bells,
- Hedge bill,
- Hedge bindweed,
- Hedge fund,
- Hedge garlic,
- Hedge hyssop,
- Hedge marriage,
- Hedge mustard,
- Hedge nettle,
- Hedge note,
- Hedge parsley,
- Hedge priest,
- Hedge school,
- Hedge sparrow,
- Hedge writer,
- Hedging bill,
- Thorn hedge,
- To breast up a hedge,
- To hang in the hedge,
- To hedge a bet,
- Turf hedge,
- hedge maple,
- hedge pink,
- hedge thorn,
- hedge trimmer,
- hedge violet,
- hedge warbler,
- privet hedge,
- raddle hedge,
- Jack-by-the-hedge