To avoid or try to avoid, as of duties, questions and issues; SYN. fudge, evade, put off, circumvent, parry, elude, skirt, dodge, duck, sidestep.
1. Tituber. Des jambes qui vacillent.
2. S'affaiblir. Une santé qui vacille.
3. Trembloter. Une flamme qui vacille.
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.
1. Clôture. Une haie de thuyas.
2. Barrière.
3. Cordon. Une haie de CRS.
1. Of, relating to, or designed for a hedge
2. Born, living, or made near or as if near hedges; roadside
3. Inferior
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.