hedge značenje | engleski leksikon

1. Of, relating to, or designed for a hedge
2. Born, living, or made near or as if near hedges; roadside
3. Inferior

ETYM Old Eng. hegge, AS. hecg; akin to haga an inclosure, Eng. haw, AS. hege hedge, Eng. haybote, Dutch hegge, Old High Germ. hegga, German hecke. Related to Haw a hedge.
1. A fence formed by a row of closely planted shrubs or bushes; SYN. hedgerow.
2. An intentionally noncommittal or ambiguous statement; SYN. hedging.
3. Taking two positions that will offset each other if prices change and so limiting financial risk; SYN. hedging.

Or hedgerow; Row of closely planted shrubs or low trees, generally acting as a land division and windbreak. Hedges also serve as a source of food and as a refuge for wildlife, and provide a habitat not unlike the understory of a natural forest.
Generally, the older a hedge, the more species are found contained in a given length, roughly one species per century for a 30-yd length. About 309 species of plant occur only in hedgerows. Hedges are part of the landscape in Britain, N France, Ireland, and New England, US, but many have been destroyed to accommodate altered farming practices and larger machinery.

To avoid or try to avoid, as of duties, questions and issues; SYN. fudge, evade, put off, circumvent, parry, elude, skirt, dodge, duck, sidestep.