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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.

Example: He trims the hedge once a week.

A barrier (often consisting of a line of persons or objects) to protect someone or something from harm.

A mound of earth, stone- or turf-faced, often topped with bushes, used as a fence between any two portions of land.

A non-committal or intentionally ambiguous statement.

To enclose with a hedge or hedges.

Example: to hedge a field or garden

To obstruct or surround.

To offset the risk associated with.

To avoid verbal commitment.

Example: He carefully hedged his statements with weasel words.