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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
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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)