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WordBand 6.5–8Academic (NAWL)

hedge

/hɛdʒ/

noun1 of 2

a fence made with small trees; avoid or try to avoid fulfilling

  • “The murderer rushed across the garden and over the hedge.”Tatoeba
  • “The garden was surrounded by a thick hedge.”Tatoeba

Sentences from Tatoeba show real usage. A word can have several meanings, so a sentence may use another one.

verb2 of 2

To obstruct or surround.

Source: New Academic Word List (Browne, Culligan & Phillips) (CC BY-SA 4.0); Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0); Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR)

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