Definition: a fence formed by a row of closely planted shrubs or bushes
Definition: an intentionally noncommittal or ambiguous statement
Usage: when you say `maybe' you are just hedging
Similar words: evasion, equivocation
Definition: a statement that is not literally false but that cleverly avoids an unpleasant truth
Definition: any technique designed to reduce or eliminate financial risk; for example, taking two positions that will offset each other if prices change
Similar words: security, protection
Definition: defense against financial failure; financial independence
Usage: his pension gave him security in his old age; insurance provided protection against loss of wages due to illness
Synonyms: hedge
Definition: minimize loss or risk
Usage: diversify your financial portfolio to hedge price risks; hedge your bets
Similar words: minimise, minimize
Definition: make small or insignificant
Usage: Let's minimize the risk
Synonyms: hedge, circumvent, parry, put off, sidestep, skirt, dodge, duck, evade, fudge, elude
Definition: avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues)
Usage: He dodged the issue; she skirted the problem; They tend to evade their responsibilities; he evaded the questions skillfully
Similar words: avoid
Definition: stay clear from; keep away from; keep out of the way of someone or something
Usage: Her former friends now avoid her
Definition: enclose or bound in with or as it with a hedge or hedges
Usage: hedge the property
Similar words: close in, inclose, enclose, shut in
Definition: surround completely
Usage: Darkness enclosed him; They closed in the porch with a fence
Synonyms: hedge
Definition: hinder or restrict with or as if with a hedge
Usage: The animals were hedged in
Similar words: hem in
Definition: surround in a restrictive manner
Usage: The building was hemmed in by flowers