hedge sparrow sparrow dunnock Prunella modularis | small brownish European songbird |
hedge hedgerow | a fence formed by a row of closely planted shrubs or bushes |
hedge trimmer | a garden tool for trimming hedges |
privet hedge | hedge of privet plants |
clause | (grammar) an expression including a subject and predicate but not constituting a complete sentence |
main clause independent clause | a clause in a complex sentence that can stand alone as a complete sentence |
coordinate clause | a clause in a complex sentence that is grammatically equivalent to the main clause and that performs the same grammatical function |
subordinate clause dependent clause | a clause in a complex sentence that cannot stand alone as a complete sentence and that functions within the sentence as a noun or adjective or adverb |
relative clause | a clause introduced by a relative pronoun, `who visits frequently' is a relative clause in the sentence `John, who visits frequently, is ill' |
restrictive clause | a subordinate clause that limits or restricts the meaning of the noun phrase it modifies |
nonrestrictive clause descriptive clause | a subordinate clause that does not limit or restrict the meaning of the noun phrase it modifies |
article clause | a separate section of a legal document (as a statute or contract or will) |
arbitration clause | a clause in a contract providing for arbitration of disputes arising under the contract |
escalator clause escalator | a clause in a contract that provides for an increase or a decrease in wages or prices or benefits etc. depending on certain conditions (as a change in the cost of living index) |
reserve clause | a clause that used to be part of the contract with a professional athlete extending the contract for a year beyond its expiration, the reserve clause was used to bind players to a particular ball club |
enabling act enabling clause | a provision in a law that confers on appropriate officials the power to implement or enforce the law |
hedge hedging | an intentionally noncommittal or ambiguous statement, when you say `maybe' you are just hedging |
hedge fund hedgefund | a flexible investment company for a small number of large investors (usually the minimum investment is $ million), can use highisk techniques (not allowed for mutual funds) such as short-selling and heavy leveraging |
hedge thorn natal plum Carissa bispinosa | South African shrub having forked spines and plumlike fruit, frequently used as hedging |
soapwort hedge pink bouncing Bet bouncing Bess Saponaria officinalis | plant of European origin having pink or white flowers and leaves yielding a detergent when bruised |
garlic mustard hedge garlic sauce-alone jack-by-the-hedge Alliaria officinalis | European herb that smells like garlic |
hedge mustard Sisymbrium officinale | stiffly branching Old World annual with pale yellow flowers, widely naturalized in North America, formerly used medicinally |
hedge violet wood violet Viola sylvatica Viola reichenbachiana | common European violet that grows in woods and hedgerows |
hedge maple field maple Acer campestre | shrubby Eurasian maple often used as a hedge |
hedge bindweed wild morning-glory Calystegia sepium Convolvulus sepium | common Eurasian and American wild climber with pink flowers, sometimes placed in genus Convolvulus |
hedge nettle dead nettle Stachys sylvatica | foul-smelling perennial Eurasiatic herb with a green creeping rhizome |
hedge nettle Stachys palustris | perennial herb with an odorless rhizome widespread in moist places in northern hemisphere |
hedge hedging | any technique designed to reduce or eliminate financial risk, for example, taking two positions that will offset each other if prices change |
grandfather clause | an exemption based on circumstances existing prior to the adoption of some policy, used to enfranchise illiterate whites in south after the American Civil War |
hedge | minimize loss or risk, diversify your financial portfolio to hedge price risks, hedge your bets |
b hedge fudge evade put off circumvent parry elude skirt dodge duck sidestep | avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues), He dodged the issue, she skirted the problem, They tend to evade their responsibilities, he evaded the questions skillfully |
hedge hedge in | enclose or bound in with or as it with a hedge or hedges, hedge the property |
hedge | hinder or restrict with or as if with a hedge, The animals were hedged in |