HEDGE
What does "HEDGE" mean?
A row of bushes forming a boundary, or a way to limit one's risk or commitment.
Meanings
- A fence or boundary formed by closely growing bushes or shrubs. A neat hedge separated the two gardens.
- To limit or protect against loss or risk, often financially. Investors hedge against inflation by buying gold.
- To avoid giving a direct or committed answer. When asked outright, he hedged.
Did you know?
- The 'hedge' in hedge fund is literal: in 1949 Alfred Winslow Jones built a fund that fenced in risk by balancing bets that something would rise against bets it would fall.
Word origin
From Old English 'hecg' ('hedge, fence'), from Proto-Germanic 'hagjo'; the financial and evasive senses grew from the idea of a protective barrier.
Remember it
A HEDGE has an EDGE - a green wall that marks a boundary you don't quite cross.
A little poem
The gardener leaves a gap
in the hedge, for the fox-
even fences keep a secret.
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Wordplay
- I asked the gardener if he'd commit to a price. He gave me a vague answer and trimmed the shrubbery - turns out he's been hedging both ways for years.
What it teaches
A hedge protects you and also pens you in; every safety you build is a wall on both sides.
Quick facts
What does HEDGE mean?
A row of bushes forming a boundary, or a way to limit one's risk or commitment.
Is HEDGE a valid word?
Yes — HEDGE is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is HEDGE?
HEDGE has 5 letters and 1 syllable.
Where does HEDGE come from?
From Old English 'hecg' ('hedge, fence'), from Proto-Germanic 'hagjo'; the financial and evasive senses grew from the idea of a protective barrier.
What can HEDGE teach us?
A hedge protects you and also pens you in; every safety you build is a wall on both sides.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.