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# hedge

«hedge» in Mova's school dictionary: **a row of bushes or small trees growing close together…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

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

### meaning for a pupil

1) A hedge is a row of bushes or small trees growing close together, forming a living fence. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hedge/#m1)

2) To hedge means to avoid giving a clear answer. [tree →](https://md.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://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hedge/#m3)

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

- [Most of the time it goes smoothly, but small things like a hedge or a parked car can grow into big rows.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/33-neighbours-the-council-rules-and-fairness/1/)
- [Neighbours sometimes disagree about hedges, fences, noise or rubbish, and most disputes are solved by a friendly chat.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/33-neighbours-the-council-rules-and-fairness/10/)
- [Sparrowhawks hunt garden birds by surprise, darting low along hedges, and the female is about twice as heavy as the male.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/324-falcons-hawks-kites-ospreys-and-vultures/12/)
- [A stripy head peeps out of a hedge: Badger.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/27-willows-ch1-part3-otter-badger-and-toad/3/)
- [Badger: «a stripy head, with high shoulders behind it» peered out of a hedge, grunted «H'm!](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/27-willows-ch1-part3-otter-badger-and-toad/21/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «hedge» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hedge/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.