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DictionaryEnglish - Myanmar

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hedge

/hɛdʒ/

US pronunciation

American sound/hɛdʒ/

hedge

Syllables: 1 syllable
Stress: One strong syllable
Vowel: IPA vowel pattern
Ending: Final e often stays silent

US voice -> hedge

Myanmar meaning

(n) ခြံစည်းရိုး။

Full entry

hedge / hedʒ/ n

၁။ ချုံတန်းစည်းရိုး။ ခရိုး။ a privet hedge. ❍ HOUSE
၂။ ~ (against sth ) အရန်းအတား။ buy gold as a hedge (ie to protect one's money) against inflation.
v
၁။ ချုံတန်း၊ ပင်တန်းများဖြင့်ခြံစည်းရိုး ကာသည်။
၂။ ဝေ့လည် ကြောင်ပတ်ဖြေသည်။ Answer ‘yes’ or ‘no’—stop hedging!
၃။ ~ sb/ sth (about/ around ) (with sth) ( esp passive) ချုပ်ချယ်သည်။ ကန့်သတ်သည်။ His belief was hedged with doubt. ❍ My life is hedged about with petty regulations. ❍ We must be careful not to hedge our negotiating position.
❏ hedge against sth [PHRV ] အရန်းအတားလုပ်သည်။ ways of hedging against the exchange rate risk.
❏ hedge one's bets [IDM ]နှစ်ဖက်ခွထားသည်။ hedge one's bets by backing both teams to win.
❏ hedge sb in [PHRV ] ကန့်သတ်ချုပ်ချယ်သည်။ ပိတ်ပင် သည်။
❏ hedging n [U] စည်းရိုးပင်များကိုစိုက်ခြင်း၊ ညှိခြင်း။ hedging implements / plants.

More examples

We crawled through a gap in the hedge.
A high hawthorn hedge

Synonyms

evade, prevaricate, circumvent, get around, beat around the bush, be cautious, avoid, barrier, be noncommittal, block, blow hot and cold, border, boundary, bush, cage, confine, coop, cop a plea, cop out, corral, dodge, duck, edge, encircle, enclose, enclosure, equivocate, fence, flip-flop, fudge, girdle, give the run around, guard, hedgerow, hem and haw, hem in, hinder, hurdle, immure, jive, obstacle, obstruct, pass the buck, pen, privet, protect, protection, pussyfoot, quibble, quickset, restrict, ring, run around, screen, shilly-shally, shrubbery, shuck, shuffle, sidestep, siege, sit on the fence, stall, stonewall, surround, temporize, tergiversate, tergiverse, thicket, verge, waffle, windbreak

Antonyms

aid, assist, center, confront, expose, face, free, help, let go, meet, opening, promote, release, set free

Cross references

evade prevaricate circumvent get around beat around the bush be cautious avoid barrier be noncommittal block blow hot and cold border boundary bush cage confine coop cop a plea cop out corral dodge duck edge encircle enclose enclosure equivocate fence

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