hedge

Definitions

• A thicket of bushes or other shrubbery, especially one planted as a fence between two portions of land, or to separate the parts of a garden.
• A barrier (often consisting of a line of persons or objects) to protect someone or something from harm.
• (UK) A mound of earth, stone- or turf-faced, often topped with bushes, used as a fence between any two portions of land.
• (pragmatics) A non-committal or intentionally ambiguous statement.
• (finance) Contract or arrangement reducing one's exposure to risk (for example the risk of price movements or interest rate movements).
• (UK) Used attributively, with figurative indication of a person's upbringing, or professional activities, taking place by the side of the road; third-rate.