See hedge on Wiktionary
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"word": "Cornish hedge"
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"word": "hedge-diving"
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"word": "Hedge End"
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"word": "hedge fund"
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"word": "hedge garlic"
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"word": "hedgeline"
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"word": "hedge-lined"
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"word": "hedge marriage"
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"word": "hedge maze"
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"word": "hedge mustard"
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"word": "hedge-note"
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"word": "hedge parsley"
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"word": "hedge parson"
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"word": "hedge popping"
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"word": "hedge priest"
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"word": "hedge rider"
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"word": "hedge riding"
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"word": "hedgerow"
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"word": "hedge school"
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"word": "hedge sermon"
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"word": "hedge sparrow"
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"word": "hedge tree"
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"word": "hedge trimmer"
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"word": "hedge warbler"
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"word": "hedge whore"
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"word": "hedge witch"
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"word": "hedge wizard"
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"word": "hedgy"
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"word": "homely as a hedge fence"
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"word": "jack-by-the-hedge"
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"word": "look as if one has been dragged through a hedge backwards"
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"word": "robin-run-in-the-hedge"
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"word": "robin-run-the-hedge"
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"word": "time hedge"
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"2": "enm",
"3": "hegge"
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"name": "inh"
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"2": "ang",
"3": "heċġ"
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"3": "*kagʰyóm",
"4": "",
"5": "enclosure"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *kagʰyóm (“enclosure”)",
"name": "inh"
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{
"args": {
"1": "nl",
"2": "heg"
},
"expansion": "Dutch heg",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "Hecke"
},
"expansion": "German Hecke",
"name": "cog"
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"2": "hey",
"3": "quay",
"id1": "dance",
"pos1": "a choreographic figure"
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"expansion": "Doublet of hey (a choreographic figure) and quay",
"name": "doublet"
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],
"etymology_text": "From Middle English hegge, from Old English heċġ, from Proto-West Germanic *haggju, from Proto-Germanic *hagjō, from Proto-Indo-European *kagʰyóm (“enclosure”). Cognate with Dutch heg, German Hecke. Doublet of hey (a choreographic figure) and quay. More at haw.",
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"form": "hedges",
"tags": [
"plural"
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}
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"expansion": "hedge (plural hedges)",
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"pos": "noun",
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{
"text": "He trims the hedge once a week.",
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{
"ref": "1879, R[ichard] J[efferies], chapter 1, in The Amateur Poacher, London: Smith, Elder, & Co., […], →OCLC:",
"text": "But then I had the [massive] flintlock by me for protection. ¶[…]The linen-press and a chest on the top of it formed, however, a very good gun-carriage; and, thus mounted, aim could be taken out of the window[…], and a 'bead' could be drawn upon Molly, the dairymaid, kissing the fogger behind the hedge, little dreaming that the deadly tube was levelled at them.",
"type": "quote"
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],
"glosses": [
"A thicket of bushes or other shrubbery, especially one planted as a fence between two portions of land, or to separate the parts of a garden."
],
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"links": [
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"thicket",
"thicket"
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"shrubbery",
"shrubbery"
]
],
"translations": [
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"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "wašīʕ",
"sense": "thicket of bushes planted in a row",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "وَشِيع"
},
{
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"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "siyāj nabātiyy",
"sense": "thicket of bushes planted in a row",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "سِيَاج نَبَاتِيّ"
},
{
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"code": "arz",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "sor men el šagar",
"sense": "thicket of bushes planted in a row",
"tags": [
"Egyptian-Arabic",
"masculine"
],
"word": "سور من الشجر"
},
{
"_dis1": "44 16 16 7 5 12",
"code": "ary",
"lang": "Arabic",
"raw_tags": [
"from cactus"
],
"roman": "dreg",
"sense": "thicket of bushes planted in a row",
"tags": [
"Moroccan-Arabic",
"masculine",
"often"
],
"word": "دْرڭ"
},
{
"_dis1": "44 16 16 7 5 12",
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "cʻank",
"sense": "thicket of bushes planted in a row",
"word": "ցանկ"
},
{
"_dis1": "44 16 16 7 5 12",
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "cʻankapat",
"sense": "thicket of bushes planted in a row",
"word": "ցանկապատ"
},
{
"_dis1": "44 16 16 7 5 12",
"code": "br",
"lang": "Breton",
"sense": "thicket of bushes planted in a row",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "garzh"
},
{
"_dis1": "44 16 16 7 5 12",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "živ plet",
"sense": "thicket of bushes planted in a row",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "жив плет"
},
{
"_dis1": "44 16 16 7 5 12",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "thicket of bushes planted in a row",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "tanca viva"
},
{
"_dis1": "44 16 16 7 5 12",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "thicket of bushes planted in a row",
"word": "籬牆"
},
{
"_dis1": "44 16 16 7 5 12",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "líqiáng",
"sense": "thicket of bushes planted in a row",
"word": "篱墙"
},
{
"_dis1": "44 16 16 7 5 12",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "thicket of bushes planted in a row",
"word": "樹籬"
},
{
"_dis1": "44 16 16 7 5 12",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "shùlí",
"sense": "thicket of bushes planted in a row",
"word": "树篱"
},
{
"_dis1": "44 16 16 7 5 12",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "thicket of bushes planted in a row",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "živý plot"
},
{
"_dis1": "44 16 16 7 5 12",
"code": "da",
"english": "thicket of bushes",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "thicket of bushes planted in a row",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "hæk"
},
{
"_dis1": "44 16 16 7 5 12",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "thicket of bushes planted in a row",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "haag"
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{
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"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "thicket of bushes planted in a row",
"word": "heĝo"
},
{
"_dis1": "44 16 16 7 5 12",
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "thicket of bushes planted in a row",
"word": "hekk"
},
{
"_dis1": "44 16 16 7 5 12",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "thicket of bushes planted in a row",
"word": "pensasaita"
},
{
"_dis1": "44 16 16 7 5 12",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "thicket of bushes planted in a row",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "haie"
},
{
"_dis1": "44 16 16 7 5 12",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "thicket of bushes planted in a row",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "sebe"
},
{
"_dis1": "44 16 16 7 5 12",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "thicket of bushes planted in a row",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "barda"
},
{
"_dis1": "44 16 16 7 5 12",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "thicket of bushes planted in a row",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "bardal"
},
{
"_dis1": "44 16 16 7 5 12",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "cocxali ɣobe",
"sense": "thicket of bushes planted in a row",
"word": "ცოცხალი ღობე"
},
{
"_dis1": "44 16 16 7 5 12",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "thicket of bushes planted in a row",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Hecke"
},
{
"_dis1": "44 16 16 7 5 12",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "fráchtis",
"sense": "thicket of bushes planted in a row",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "φράχτης"
},
{
"_dis1": "44 16 16 7 5 12",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "fráktis me thámnous",
"sense": "thicket of bushes planted in a row",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "φράκτης με θάμνους"
},
{
"_dis1": "44 16 16 7 5 12",
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "phragmós",
"sense": "thicket of bushes planted in a row",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "φραγμός"
},
{
"_dis1": "44 16 16 7 5 12",
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "gadér khayá",
"sense": "thicket of bushes planted in a row",
"word": "גָדֵר חַיָה"
},
{
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"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "thicket of bushes planted in a row",
"word": "sövény"
},
{
"_dis1": "44 16 16 7 5 12",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "thicket of bushes planted in a row",
"word": "sövénykerítés"
},
{
"_dis1": "44 16 16 7 5 12",
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "thicket of bushes planted in a row",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "limgerði"
},
{
"_dis1": "44 16 16 7 5 12",
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "thicket of bushes planted in a row",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "hekk"
},
{
"_dis1": "44 16 16 7 5 12",
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "thicket of bushes planted in a row",
"word": "hego"
},
{
"_dis1": "44 16 16 7 5 12",
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "thicket of bushes planted in a row",
"word": "pagar hidup"
},
{
"_dis1": "44 16 16 7 5 12",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "thicket of bushes planted in a row",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "fál"
},
{
"_dis1": "44 16 16 7 5 12",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "thicket of bushes planted in a row",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"literary"
],
"word": "ime"
},
{
"_dis1": "44 16 16 7 5 12",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "thicket of bushes planted in a row",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"literary"
],
"word": "airbhe"
},
{
"_dis1": "44 16 16 7 5 12",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "thicket of bushes planted in a row",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "siepe"
},
{
"_dis1": "44 16 16 7 5 12",
"alt": "かきね",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "kakine",
"sense": "thicket of bushes planted in a row",
"word": "垣根"
},
{
"_dis1": "44 16 16 7 5 12",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "ultari",
"sense": "thicket of bushes planted in a row",
"word": "울타리"
},
{
"_dis1": "44 16 16 7 5 12",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "thicket of bushes planted in a row",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "saepēs"
},
{
"_dis1": "44 16 16 7 5 12",
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "thicket of bushes planted in a row",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "dzīvžogs"
},
{
"_dis1": "44 16 16 7 5 12",
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "thicket of bushes planted in a row",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "gyvatvorė"
},
{
"_dis1": "44 16 16 7 5 12",
"code": "nds",
"lang": "Low German",
"sense": "thicket of bushes planted in a row",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Hegg"
},
{
"_dis1": "44 16 16 7 5 12",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "žíva ógrada",
"sense": "thicket of bushes planted in a row",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "жи́ва о́града"
},
{
"_dis1": "44 16 16 7 5 12",
"code": "gv",
"lang": "Manx",
"sense": "thicket of bushes planted in a row",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "cleih"
},
{
"_dis1": "44 16 16 7 5 12",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "thicket of bushes planted in a row",
"word": "hēti"
},
{
"_dis1": "44 16 16 7 5 12",
"code": "enm",
"lang": "Middle English",
"sense": "thicket of bushes planted in a row",
"word": "hegge"
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{
"_dis1": "44 16 16 7 5 12",
"code": "nrf",
"lang": "Norman",
"sense": "thicket of bushes planted in a row",
"tags": [
"Jersey",
"feminine"
],
"word": "bantchie"
},
{
"_dis1": "44 16 16 7 5 12",
"code": "nrf",
"lang": "Norman",
"sense": "thicket of bushes planted in a row",
"tags": [
"Guernsey",
"masculine"
],
"word": "fossaï"
},
{
"_dis1": "44 16 16 7 5 12",
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "thicket of bushes planted in a row",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "hekk"
},
{
"_dis1": "44 16 16 7 5 12",
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "thicket of bushes planted in a row",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "hekk"
},
{
"_dis1": "44 16 16 7 5 12",
"code": "ota",
"lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
"roman": "çit",
"sense": "thicket of bushes planted in a row",
"word": "چیت"
},
{
"_dis1": "44 16 16 7 5 12",
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "parčin",
"sense": "thicket of bushes planted in a row",
"word": "پرچین"
},
{
"_dis1": "44 16 16 7 5 12",
"code": "pdt",
"lang": "Plautdietsch",
"sense": "thicket of bushes planted in a row",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Hakj"
},
{
"_dis1": "44 16 16 7 5 12",
"code": "pdt",
"lang": "Plautdietsch",
"sense": "thicket of bushes planted in a row",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Schauns"
},
{
"_dis1": "44 16 16 7 5 12",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "thicket of bushes planted in a row",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "żywopłot"
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{
"_dis1": "44 16 16 7 5 12",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "thicket of bushes planted in a row",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "sebe"
},
{
"_dis1": "44 16 16 7 5 12",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "thicket of bushes planted in a row",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "cerca viva"
},
{
"_dis1": "44 16 16 7 5 12",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "thicket of bushes planted in a row",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "gard viu"
},
{
"_dis1": "44 16 16 7 5 12",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "živája ízgorodʹ",
"sense": "thicket of bushes planted in a row",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "жива́я и́згородь"
},
{
"_dis1": "44 16 16 7 5 12",
"code": "sco",
"lang": "Scots",
"sense": "thicket of bushes planted in a row",
"word": "dyke"
},
{
"_dis1": "44 16 16 7 5 12",
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "thicket of bushes planted in a row",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "callaid"
},
{
"_dis1": "44 16 16 7 5 12",
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "thicket of bushes planted in a row",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "fàl"
},
{
"_dis1": "44 16 16 7 5 12",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "thicket of bushes planted in a row",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"feminine"
],
"word": "жѝвица"
},
{
"_dis1": "44 16 16 7 5 12",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "thicket of bushes planted in a row",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"masculine"
],
"word": "жѝвичња̄к"
},
{
"_dis1": "44 16 16 7 5 12",
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"ref": "1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 2, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC:",
"text": "Attalus[…]made him so dead-drunke that insensibly and without feeling he might prostitute his beauty as the body of a common hedge-harlot, to Mulettiers, Groomes and many of the abject servants of his house.",
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{
"text": "He then traced them from place to place, till at last he found two of them drinking together, with a third person, at a hedge-tavern near Aldersgate.",
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{
"ref": "1899, Henry Rider Haggard, A Farmer's Year: Being His Commonplace Book for 1898, page 222:",
"text": "This particular wheelwright is only a hedge carpenter, without even a shop of his own,[…].",
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"(UK, Ireland, noun adjunct) Used attributively, with figurative indication of a person's upbringing, or professional activities, taking place by the side of the road; third-rate."
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"General-American",
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"Received-Pronunciation"
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"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "hedge about"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "hedge around"
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{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "hedge in"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
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{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
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"2": "enm",
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}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle English heggen, from the noun (see above).",
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"present",
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"third-person"
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{
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"text": "to hedge a field or garden",
"type": "example"
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"To enclose with a hedge or hedges."
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"(transitive) To enclose with a hedge or hedges."
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"transitive"
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"_dis1": "84 7 2 2 2 2",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "ograždam",
"sense": "to enclose with hedge",
"word": "ограждам"
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{
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"code": "fi",
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"sense": "to enclose with hedge",
"word": "aidata"
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{
"_dis1": "84 7 2 2 2 2",
"code": "ka",
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"roman": "cocxal ɣobes avlebs",
"sense": "to enclose with hedge",
"word": "ცოცხალ ღობეს ავლებს"
},
{
"_dis1": "84 7 2 2 2 2",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "cocxal ɣobes šemoavlebs",
"sense": "to enclose with hedge",
"word": "ცოცხალ ღობეს შემოავლებს"
},
{
"_dis1": "84 7 2 2 2 2",
"code": "grc",
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"roman": "phrássō",
"sense": "to enclose with hedge",
"word": "φράσσω"
},
{
"_dis1": "84 7 2 2 2 2",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to enclose with hedge",
"word": "bekerít"
},
{
"_dis1": "84 7 2 2 2 2",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to enclose with hedge",
"word": "körülvesz"
},
{
"_dis1": "84 7 2 2 2 2",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to enclose with hedge",
"word": "övez"
},
{
"_dis1": "84 7 2 2 2 2",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "to enclose with hedge",
"word": "fálaigh"
},
{
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"lang": "Middle English",
"sense": "to enclose with hedge",
"word": "heggen"
},
{
"_dis1": "84 7 2 2 2 2",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to enclose with hedge",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "огра́дити живицом"
},
{
"_dis1": "84 7 2 2 2 2",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to enclose with hedge",
"tags": [
"Roman"
],
"word": "ográditi živicom"
},
{
"_dis1": "84 7 2 2 2 2",
"code": "sk",
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"sense": "to enclose with hedge",
"word": "oplotiť"
}
]
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{
"ref": "1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Hosea 2:6:",
"text": "Therefore, behold, I will hedge up thy way with thorns, and make a wall, that she shall not find her paths.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "1670, John Milton, “(please specify the page)”, in The History of Britain, that Part Especially now Call’d England. […], London: […] J[ohn] M[acock] for James Allestry, […] , →OCLC:",
"text": "Lollius Urbius […] drew another wall […] to hedge out incursions from the north.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
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"To obstruct or surround."
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[
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"(transitive) To obstruct or surround."
],
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"transitive"
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"_dis1": "4 87 2 2 2 4",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "pregraždam",
"sense": "to obstruct with hedge",
"word": "преграждам"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 87 2 2 2 4",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to obstruct with hedge",
"word": "aidata"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 87 2 2 2 4",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "ɣobit gamoq̇ops",
"sense": "to obstruct with hedge",
"word": "ღობით გამოყოფს"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 87 2 2 2 4",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "zɣudit gamoq̇ops",
"sense": "to obstruct with hedge",
"word": "ზღუდით გამოყოფს"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 87 2 2 2 4",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to obstruct with hedge",
"word": "elkerít"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 87 2 2 2 4",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "to obstruct with hedge",
"word": "fálaigh"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 87 2 2 2 4",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to obstruct with hedge",
"word": "whakakarapoti"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 87 2 2 2 4",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to obstruct with hedge",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "загра́дити живицом"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 87 2 2 2 4",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to obstruct with hedge",
"tags": [
"Roman"
],
"word": "zagráditi živicom"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 87 2 2 2 4",
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "to obstruct with hedge",
"word": "zamedziť"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 87 2 2 2 4",
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "to obstruct with hedge",
"word": "prehradiť"
}
]
},
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"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Finance",
"orig": "en:Finance",
"parents": [
"Business",
"Economics",
"Society",
"Social sciences",
"All topics",
"Sciences",
"Fundamental"
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"To offset the risk associated with."
],
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[
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"(transitive, finance) To offset the risk associated with."
],
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],
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"business",
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{
"_dis1": "1 2 75 1 3 19",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "finance: to offset the risk associated with",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "zajistit rizika"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 2 75 1 3 19",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "finance: to offset the risk associated with",
"word": "suojata"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 2 75 1 3 19",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "tavis dazɣveva",
"sense": "finance: to offset the risk associated with",
"word": "თავის დაზღვევა"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 2 75 1 3 19",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "tavis dacva pinansuri risḳebisgan",
"sense": "finance: to offset the risk associated with",
"word": "თავის დაცვა ფინანსური რისკებისგან"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 2 75 1 3 19",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "heǯireba",
"sense": "finance: to offset the risk associated with",
"word": "ჰეჯირება"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 2 75 1 3 19",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"note": "თავის დაზღვევა ფინანსური რისკებისგან",
"roman": "tavis dazɣveva pinansuri risḳebisgan",
"sense": "finance: to offset the risk associated with"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 2 75 1 3 19",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "finance: to offset the risk associated with",
"word": "bebiztosít"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 2 75 1 3 19",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "finance: to offset the risk associated with",
"word": "lefedez"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 2 75 1 3 19",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "finance: to offset the risk associated with",
"word": "fálaigh"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 2 75 1 3 19",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "hejji-suru",
"sense": "finance: to offset the risk associated with",
"word": "ヘッジする"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 2 75 1 3 19",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "finance: to offset the risk associated with",
"word": "whakarauhi"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 2 75 1 3 19",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "finance: to offset the risk associated with",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "хеџовање"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 2 75 1 3 19",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "finance: to offset the risk associated with",
"tags": [
"Roman"
],
"word": "hedžovanje"
}
]
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{
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"examples": [
{
"text": "He carefully hedged his statements with weasel words.",
"type": "example"
}
],
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"To avoid verbal commitment."
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"transitive"
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[
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],
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"(transitive, intransitive) To avoid verbal commitment."
],
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],
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"_dis1": "1 1 1 97 1 1",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "izvǎrtam",
"sense": "to avoid verbal commitment",
"word": "извъртам"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 1 97 1 1",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "usukvam",
"sense": "to avoid verbal commitment",
"word": "усуквам"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 1 97 1 1",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to avoid verbal commitment",
"word": "pyöritellä"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 1 97 1 1",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to avoid verbal commitment",
"word": "tasapainoilla"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 1 97 1 1",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to avoid verbal commitment",
"word": "kertel"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 1 97 1 1",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to avoid verbal commitment",
"word": "mellébeszél"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 1 97 1 1",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to avoid verbal commitment",
"word": "nem vall színt"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 1 97 1 1",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to avoid verbal commitment",
"word": "nem ad egyenes választ"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 1 97 1 1",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to avoid verbal commitment",
"word": "kibújik/kitér a válaszadás alól"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 1 97 1 1",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to avoid verbal commitment",
"word": "köntörfalaz"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 1 97 1 1",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to avoid verbal commitment",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "вр̏дати"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 1 97 1 1",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to avoid verbal commitment",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "изврда́вати"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 1 97 1 1",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to avoid verbal commitment",
"tags": [
"Roman"
],
"word": "vȑdati"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 1 97 1 1",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to avoid verbal commitment",
"tags": [
"Roman"
],
"word": "izvrdávati"
}
]
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"To construct or repair a hedge."
],
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"(intransitive) To construct or repair a hedge."
],
"tags": [
"intransitive"
],
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{
"_dis1": "3 1 1 1 93 2",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to construct or repair a hedge",
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"construct"
],
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{
"_dis1": "3 1 1 1 93 2",
"code": "fi",
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"word": "korjata aita"
}
]
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"Business",
"Economics",
"Society",
"Social sciences",
"All topics",
"Sciences",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w"
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],
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{
"text": "Coordinate term: diversify"
}
],
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"To reduce one's exposure to risk."
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[
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"(intransitive, finance) To reduce one's exposure to risk."
],
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"intransitive"
],
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{
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{
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{
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{
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{
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{
"word": "hedge garlic"
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{
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{
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{
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{
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{
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{
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{
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"word": "hedge sparrow"
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"word": "hedge trimmer"
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{
"word": "hedge warbler"
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{
"word": "hedge whore"
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{
"word": "hedge witch"
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{
"word": "hedge wizard"
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{
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"word": "homely as a hedge fence"
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{
"word": "jack-by-the-hedge"
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"word": "look as if one has been dragged through a hedge backwards"
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"code": "lv",
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"sense": "thicket of bushes planted in a row",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "dzīvžogs"
},
{
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "thicket of bushes planted in a row",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "gyvatvorė"
},
{
"code": "nds",
"lang": "Low German",
"sense": "thicket of bushes planted in a row",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Hegg"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "žíva ógrada",
"sense": "thicket of bushes planted in a row",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "жи́ва о́града"
},
{
"code": "gv",
"lang": "Manx",
"sense": "thicket of bushes planted in a row",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "cleih"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "thicket of bushes planted in a row",
"word": "hēti"
},
{
"code": "enm",
"lang": "Middle English",
"sense": "thicket of bushes planted in a row",
"word": "hegge"
},
{
"code": "nrf",
"lang": "Norman",
"sense": "thicket of bushes planted in a row",
"tags": [
"Jersey",
"feminine"
],
"word": "bantchie"
},
{
"code": "nrf",
"lang": "Norman",
"sense": "thicket of bushes planted in a row",
"tags": [
"Guernsey",
"masculine"
],
"word": "fossaï"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "thicket of bushes planted in a row",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "hekk"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "thicket of bushes planted in a row",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "hekk"
},
{
"code": "ota",
"lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
"roman": "çit",
"sense": "thicket of bushes planted in a row",
"word": "چیت"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "parčin",
"sense": "thicket of bushes planted in a row",
"word": "پرچین"
},
{
"code": "pdt",
"lang": "Plautdietsch",
"sense": "thicket of bushes planted in a row",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Hakj"
},
{
"code": "pdt",
"lang": "Plautdietsch",
"sense": "thicket of bushes planted in a row",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Schauns"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "thicket of bushes planted in a row",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "żywopłot"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "thicket of bushes planted in a row",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "sebe"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "thicket of bushes planted in a row",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "cerca viva"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "thicket of bushes planted in a row",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "gard viu"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "živája ízgorodʹ",
"sense": "thicket of bushes planted in a row",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "жива́я и́згородь"
},
{
"code": "sco",
"lang": "Scots",
"sense": "thicket of bushes planted in a row",
"word": "dyke"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "thicket of bushes planted in a row",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "callaid"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "thicket of bushes planted in a row",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "fàl"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "thicket of bushes planted in a row",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"feminine"
],
"word": "жѝвица"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "thicket of bushes planted in a row",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"masculine"
],
"word": "жѝвичња̄к"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "thicket of bushes planted in a row",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"feminine"
],
"word": "žìvica"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "thicket of bushes planted in a row",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"masculine"
],
"word": "žìvičnjāk"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "thicket of bushes planted in a row",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "živý plot"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "thicket of bushes planted in a row",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "živa meja"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "thicket of bushes planted in a row",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "seto"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "thicket of bushes planted in a row",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "seto vivo"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "thicket of bushes planted in a row",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "cerco vivo"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "thicket of bushes planted in a row",
"word": "sebe"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "thicket of bushes planted in a row",
"word": "häck"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "thicket of bushes planted in a row",
"word": "çalı çit"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "thicket of bushes planted in a row",
"word": "çit"
},
{
"code": "wa",
"lang": "Walloon",
"sense": "thicket of bushes planted in a row",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "håye"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "thicket of bushes planted in a row",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "clawdd"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "barrier to protect someone or something from harm",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "zajištění"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "barrier to protect someone or something from harm",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ochrana"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "barrier to protect someone or something from harm",
"word": "suojamuuri"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "barrier to protect someone or something from harm",
"word": "védőfal"
},
{
"code": "rif",
"lang": "Tarifit",
"sense": "barrier to protect someone or something from harm",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "afray"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "mound of earth, used as a fence between any two portions of land",
"word": "valli"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "mound of earth, used as a fence between any two portions of land",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "sebe"
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{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "mound of earth, used as a fence between any two portions of land",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "valo"
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{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "mound of earth, used as a fence between any two portions of land",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "arró"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "mound of earth, used as a fence between any two portions of land",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "cómaro"
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{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "mound of earth, used as a fence between any two portions of land",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "roleiro"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "mound of earth, used as a fence between any two portions of land",
"word": "sánc"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "pragmatics: non-committal statement",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "vyhýbavé prohlášení"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "pragmatics: non-committal statement",
"word": "varaus"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "pragmatics: non-committal statement",
"word": "pehmennys"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "pragmatics: non-committal statement",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Heckenausdruck"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "pragmatics: non-committal statement",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Weichzeichner"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "ekivók",
"sense": "pragmatics: non-committal statement",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "экиво́к"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "finance: contract or arrangement reducing exposure to risk",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "pokrytí rizik"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "finance: contract or arrangement reducing exposure to risk",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "rozložení rizika"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "finance: contract or arrangement reducing exposure to risk",
"word": "suojaus"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "finance: contract or arrangement reducing exposure to risk",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "couverture de risque"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"note": "fedezeti/árfolyamfedezeti/veszteségkorlátozó ügylet",
"sense": "finance: contract or arrangement reducing exposure to risk"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "finance: contract or arrangement reducing exposure to risk",
"word": "lefedezés"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "finance: contract or arrangement reducing exposure to risk",
"word": "bebiztosítás"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "finance: contract or arrangement reducing exposure to risk",
"word": "ellentranzakció"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "finance: contract or arrangement reducing exposure to risk",
"word": "fogadásbiztosítás"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "finance: contract or arrangement reducing exposure to risk",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "cobertura de risco"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "finance: contract or arrangement reducing exposure to risk",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "cobertura"
}
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"word": "hedge about"
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"word": "hedge around"
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"(transitive) To enclose with a hedge or hedges."
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"ref": "1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Hosea 2:6:",
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"ref": "1670, John Milton, “(please specify the page)”, in The History of Britain, that Part Especially now Call’d England. […], London: […] J[ohn] M[acock] for James Allestry, […] , →OCLC:",
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"To offset the risk associated with."
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"glosses": [
"To construct or repair a hedge."
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"(intransitive) To construct or repair a hedge."
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"text": "Coordinate term: diversify"
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"(intransitive, finance) To reduce one's exposure to risk."
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"Received-Pronunciation"
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "ograždam",
"sense": "to enclose with hedge",
"word": "ограждам"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to enclose with hedge",
"word": "aidata"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "cocxal ɣobes avlebs",
"sense": "to enclose with hedge",
"word": "ცოცხალ ღობეს ავლებს"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "cocxal ɣobes šemoavlebs",
"sense": "to enclose with hedge",
"word": "ცოცხალ ღობეს შემოავლებს"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "phrássō",
"sense": "to enclose with hedge",
"word": "φράσσω"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to enclose with hedge",
"word": "bekerít"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to enclose with hedge",
"word": "körülvesz"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to enclose with hedge",
"word": "övez"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "to enclose with hedge",
"word": "fálaigh"
},
{
"code": "enm",
"lang": "Middle English",
"sense": "to enclose with hedge",
"word": "heggen"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to enclose with hedge",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "огра́дити живицом"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to enclose with hedge",
"tags": [
"Roman"
],
"word": "ográditi živicom"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "to enclose with hedge",
"word": "oplotiť"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "pregraždam",
"sense": "to obstruct with hedge",
"word": "преграждам"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to obstruct with hedge",
"word": "aidata"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "ɣobit gamoq̇ops",
"sense": "to obstruct with hedge",
"word": "ღობით გამოყოფს"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "zɣudit gamoq̇ops",
"sense": "to obstruct with hedge",
"word": "ზღუდით გამოყოფს"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to obstruct with hedge",
"word": "elkerít"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "to obstruct with hedge",
"word": "fálaigh"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to obstruct with hedge",
"word": "whakakarapoti"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to obstruct with hedge",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "загра́дити живицом"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to obstruct with hedge",
"tags": [
"Roman"
],
"word": "zagráditi živicom"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "to obstruct with hedge",
"word": "zamedziť"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "to obstruct with hedge",
"word": "prehradiť"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "finance: to offset the risk associated with",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "zajistit rizika"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "finance: to offset the risk associated with",
"word": "suojata"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "tavis dazɣveva",
"sense": "finance: to offset the risk associated with",
"word": "თავის დაზღვევა"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "tavis dacva pinansuri risḳebisgan",
"sense": "finance: to offset the risk associated with",
"word": "თავის დაცვა ფინანსური რისკებისგან"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "heǯireba",
"sense": "finance: to offset the risk associated with",
"word": "ჰეჯირება"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"note": "თავის დაზღვევა ფინანსური რისკებისგან",
"roman": "tavis dazɣveva pinansuri risḳebisgan",
"sense": "finance: to offset the risk associated with"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "finance: to offset the risk associated with",
"word": "bebiztosít"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "finance: to offset the risk associated with",
"word": "lefedez"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "finance: to offset the risk associated with",
"word": "fálaigh"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "hejji-suru",
"sense": "finance: to offset the risk associated with",
"word": "ヘッジする"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "finance: to offset the risk associated with",
"word": "whakarauhi"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "finance: to offset the risk associated with",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "хеџовање"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "finance: to offset the risk associated with",
"tags": [
"Roman"
],
"word": "hedžovanje"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "izvǎrtam",
"sense": "to avoid verbal commitment",
"word": "извъртам"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "usukvam",
"sense": "to avoid verbal commitment",
"word": "усуквам"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to avoid verbal commitment",
"word": "pyöritellä"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to avoid verbal commitment",
"word": "tasapainoilla"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to avoid verbal commitment",
"word": "kertel"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to avoid verbal commitment",
"word": "mellébeszél"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to avoid verbal commitment",
"word": "nem vall színt"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to avoid verbal commitment",
"word": "nem ad egyenes választ"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to avoid verbal commitment",
"word": "kibújik/kitér a válaszadás alól"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to avoid verbal commitment",
"word": "köntörfalaz"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to avoid verbal commitment",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "вр̏дати"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to avoid verbal commitment",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "изврда́вати"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to avoid verbal commitment",
"tags": [
"Roman"
],
"word": "vȑdati"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to avoid verbal commitment",
"tags": [
"Roman"
],
"word": "izvrdávati"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to construct or repair a hedge",
"tags": [
"construct"
],
"word": "aidata"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"english": "repair",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to construct or repair a hedge",
"word": "korjata aita"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to reduce one's exposure to risk",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "snížit riziko"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to reduce one's exposure to risk",
"word": "suojata"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to reduce one's exposure to risk",
"word": "bebiztosítja magát"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to reduce one's exposure to risk",
"word": "óvatos duhaj"
}
],
"word": "hedge"
}
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"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "noun"
},
"expansion": "hedge",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Middle English",
"lang_code": "enm",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"alt_of": [
{
"word": "hegge"
}
],
"categories": [
"Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
"Middle English lemmas",
"Middle English nouns",
"Pages with 2 entries",
"Pages with entries"
],
"glosses": [
"Alternative form of hegge"
],
"links": [
[
"hegge",
"hegge#Middle_English"
]
],
"tags": [
"alt-of",
"alternative"
]
}
],
"word": "hedge"
}
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"msg": "Translation too long compared to word, so it is skipped",
"path": [
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],
"section": "English",
"subsection": "noun",
"title": "hedge",
"trace": ""
}
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"called_from": "translations/609-20230504",
"msg": "Translation too long compared to word, so it is skipped",
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