Hedge
noun
- 1.
- (A row of closely planted shrouds, any barrier of protection, fence of bus hes, a protecting barrier) plant a hedge ការគំពារ, ពារ, របងឈើរស់, របង, answer was a hedge ជំលៀស (ការជៀស)
- 2.
- (បច្ចេកទេស) ការគាំពារ របងឈើរស់
verb — past tense: hedged ; past participle: hedged ; present participle: hedging ;
- 1.
- (TRANSITIVE) ~ (against something) (to enclose with a hedge, to obstruct, to hem in) hedge a ដាំដើមឈើជារបង, ព័ទ្ធរបង
Example: We have a hedge round our garden the policemen hedge about the man to protect him from the crowd, He tried to hedge when the teacher asked him about the broken window.hedge one's answer ឆ្លើយគេចៗ, hedge one's bet ការពារទល់, ការខាតបង់
ENGLISH MEANING
noun
- 1.
- 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.
verb — past tense: hedged ; past participle: hedged ; present participle: hedging ;
- 1.
- (TRANSITIVE) 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.
- 2.
- (TRANSITIVE) To obstruct, as a road, with a barrier; to hinder from progress or success; -- sometimes with up and out.
- 3.
- (TRANSITIVE) To surround for defense; to guard; to protect; to hem (in).
- 4.
- (TRANSITIVE) To surround so as to prevent escape.
- 5.
- (INTRANSITIVE) 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.
- 6.
- (INTRANSITIVE) To reduce the risk of a wager by making a bet against the side or chance one has bet on.
- 7.
- (INTRANSITIVE) To use reservations and qualifications in one's speech so as to avoid committing one's self to anything definite.