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# hedge

noun (a hedge, hedges); verb (hedge, hedges, hedged, hedging)

«hedge» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A hedge is a row of bushes or small trees growing close together, forming a living fence. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hedge/#m1)
2. To hedge means to avoid giving a clear answer. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hedge/#m2)
3. To hedge your bets means to protect yourself by choosing more than one option. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hedge/#m3)

### In the lessons

In everyday life hedges line gardens, fields and country lanes, especially in Britain and Ireland; they give homes to birds, hedgehogs and insects. In science lessons hedgerows are habitats. In stories a character might hide behind a hedge or squeeze through a gap. Phrases: «trim the hedge», «hedgerow», «hedge your bets», «hedge a question».

### Examples

- We trimmed the hedge in the garden. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hedge/#x1)
- A blackbird nested in the hedge. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hedge/#x2)
- Hedgehogs often live under hedges. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hedge/#x3)
- The ball went over the hedge into the neighbour's garden. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hedge/#x4)
- The lane was lined with tall hedges. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hedge/#x5)
- When asked who broke the vase, he hedged. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hedge/#x6)
- I hedged my bets and brought a coat and sunglasses. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hedge/#x7)
- Hedgerows are homes for many animals. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hedge/#x8)
- The hedges of rose-bush were old, and the flowers were faded. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hedge/#x9)

### Note

Countable: hedges. «Hedgerow» is a long hedge by a field or lane. Safety: hedges by roads can hide cars — look and listen carefully at corners and gates.

## In Jewish tradition

To hedge in means to fence someone round so they cannot escape or move, as a hedge of thorns would.

**Interpretation.** Jewish tradition also speaks of "making a fence around the Torah," meaning extra rules that keep people far from breaking a commandment. Here the hedge is mostly a picture of suffering or of God's protection.

### Examples

- To a man whose way is hid, and whom God hath hedged in? (Writings JOB.3.23, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/hedge/#x1)
- He hath hedged me about, that I cannot go forth; He hath made my chain heavy. (Writings LAM.3.7, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/hedge/#x2)
- The way of the sluggard is as though hedged by thorns; but the path of the upright is even. (Writings PRO.15.19, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/hedge/#x3)

### Note

Countable: hedges. «Hedgerow» is a long hedge by a field or lane. Safety: hedges by roads can hide cars — look and listen carefully at corners and gates.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «hedge» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hedge/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«hedge» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/hedge.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «hedge» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/hedge/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«hedge» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/hedge.html) on Mova free.