We have spotted HEDGE (5 Letters) a total of 24 times in our database. Below you may see the clues associated with HEDGE and also when and where was it last seen:
Definition
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A thicket of bushes, usually thorn bushes; especially, such
a thicket planted as a fence between any two portions of land; and also
any sort of shrubbery, as evergreens, planted in a line or as a fence;
particularly, such a thicket planted round a field to fence it, or in
rows to separate the parts of a garden. |
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To inclose or separate with a hedge; to fence with a
thickly set line or thicket of shrubs or small trees; as, to hedge a
field or garden. |
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To obstruct, as a road, with a barrier; to hinder from
progress or success; -- sometimes with up and out. |
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To surround for defense; to guard; to protect; to hem
(in). |
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To surround so as to prevent escape. |
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To shelter one's self from danger, risk, duty,
responsibility, etc., as if by hiding in or behind a hedge; to skulk;
to slink; to shirk obligations. |
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To reduce the risk of a wager by making a bet against the
side or chance one has bet on. |
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To use reservations and qualifications in one's speech so
as to avoid committing one's self to anything definite. |
Referring crossword puzzle clues
Usage among publishers:
- Thomas Joseph: Sep 21, 2024
- Thomas Joseph: Aug 27, 2024
- Wall Street Journal: Jul 17, 2024
- Newsday: Jul 8, 2024
- LA Times: Jun 2, 2024
- Wall Street Journal: Jun 1, 2024
- LA Times: May 12, 2024
- Wall Street Journal: Apr 29, 2024
- Wall Street Journal: Apr 9, 2024
- Newsday: Apr 2, 2024
- USA Today: Jan 9, 2024
- Wall Street Journal: Dec 20, 2023
- Wall Street Journal: Jun 26, 2023
- New York Times: Jan 29, 2023
- Newsday: Jan 24, 2023
- LA Times: Oct 7, 2022
- New York Times: Sep 10, 2022
- USA Today: Aug 13, 2022
- Universal: Jun 12, 2022
- Wall Street Journal: May 7, 2022
- Wall Street Journal: Apr 5, 2022
- Newsday: Mar 21, 2022