hedge
44
2.0
- noun
- /hɛdʒ/
:
seto
- The property was bordered by a tall hedge that provided privacy from the street.
- hedges and fences
- planted a hedge
- hawthorn hedges
I want you to trim the hedges, as it were.
- I want you to trim the hedges, as it were.
- But between him and these fields there's a tall hedge which Shields them from his view.
- All right, so we are going to trim the hedges.
- Alexander's hedge or something, Please, Claudia.
- So I quickly mocked together a bit of hedge.
Examples
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My headlights lit up just the blacktop ahead and the thick wild hedges on either side.
Academic text (2010) -
From these original plants came all of the privet hedges in the southeastern United States.
Academic text (2015) -
So really this whole area along the hedge was just not used.
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The smoke came from behind the hedge.
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This is just a giant hedge of mint and it's beautiful, beautiful stuff.
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And this is in addition to planting perhaps new hedges and trees.
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You really need to trim these hedges.
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But between him and these fields there's a tall hedge which Shields them from his view.
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I left my bike hidden under a hedge and emerged, picking twigs from my hair.
Fiction book (1991) -
Your hedge needs trimming.
Synonyms
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1.0
A structure around land to mark or protect it
61
2.2
A thick group of small trees and bushes
22
5.1
A thick area of bushes and small trees that grow close together
11
3.4
An area in a garden or park where small bushes grow together
5
5.9
A row of bushes planted close together that makes a low fence between fields or beside a road
1
3.5
A row of privet bushes planted close together to make a living fence for a garden
Idioms
Compounds
- Specialized
86
6.3
A company that manages money for rich people and uses risky methods to try to make big profits
1
3.5
A row of privet bushes planted close together to make a living fence for a garden
A plant that lives for many years and spreads by underground stems in wet or shady places
- UK
A plant from Europe with pink or white flowers whose leaves make soap when crushed
- South African
A South African bush with sharp forked branches and fruit like small plums often planted as a fence
A climbing wildflower with twining stems and pink or white trumpet-shaped flowers
How Tall
44
2.0
- Specialized
1
4.7
Surface Forms
Etymology
Hedge comes from an old English word hecg meaning 'fence' or 'enclosure', so a hedge is a row of bushes that acts like a living fence around a garden or field.