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  Hedge \Hedge\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hedged; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Hedging.]
     1. To inclose or separate with a hedge; to fence with a
        thickly set line or thicket of shrubs or small trees; as,
        to hedge a field or garden.
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     2. To obstruct, as a road, with a barrier; to hinder from
        progress or success; -- sometimes with up and out.
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              I will hedge up thy way with thorns.  --Hos. ii. 6.
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              Lollius Urbius . . . drew another wall . . . to
              hedge out incursions from the north.  --Milton.
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     3. To surround for defense; to guard; to protect; to hem
        (in). ``England, hedged in with the main.'' --Shak.
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     4. To surround so as to prevent escape.
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              That is a law to hedge in the cuckoo. --Locke.
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     5. To protect oneself against excessive loss in an activity
        by taking a countervailing action; as, to hedge an
        investment denominated in a foreign currency by buying or
        selling futures in that currency; to hedge a donation to
        one political party by also donating to the opposed
        political party.
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     To hedge a bet, to bet upon both sides; that is, after
        having bet on one side, to bet also on the other, thus
        guarding against loss. See hedge[5].
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  Hedge \Hedge\, n. [OE. hegge, AS. hecg; akin to haga an
     inclosure, E. haw, AS. hege hedge, E. haybote, D. hegge, OHG.
     hegga, G. hecke. [root]12. See Haw a hedge.]
     A thicket of bushes, usually thorn bushes; especially, such a
     thicket planted as a fence between any two portions of land;
     and also any sort of shrubbery, as evergreens, planted in a
     line or as a fence; particularly, such a thicket planted
     round a field to fence it, or in rows to separate the parts
     of a garden.
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           The roughest berry on the rudest hedge.  --Shak.
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           Through the verdant maze
           Of sweetbrier hedges I pursue my walk.   --Thomson.
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     Note: Hedge, when used adjectively or in composition, often
           means rustic, outlandish, illiterate, poor, or mean;
           as, hedge priest; hedgeborn, etc.
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     Hedge bells, Hedge bindweed (Bot.), a climbing plant
        related to the morning-glory ({Convolvulus sepium).
  
     Hedge bill, a long-handled billhook.
  
     Hedge garlic (Bot.), a plant of the genus Alliaria. See
        Garlic mustard, under Garlic.
  
     Hedge hyssop (Bot.), a bitter herb of the genus Gratiola,
        the leaves of which are emetic and purgative.
  
     Hedge marriage, a secret or clandestine marriage,
        especially one performed by a hedge priest. [Eng.]
  
     Hedge mustard (Bot.), a plant of the genus Sisymbrium,
        belonging to the Mustard family.
  
     Hedge nettle (Bot.), an herb, or under shrub, of the genus
        Stachys, belonging to the Mint family. It has a
        nettlelike appearance, though quite harmless.
  
     Hedge note.
     (a) The note of a hedge bird.
     (b) Low, contemptible writing. [Obs.] --Dryden.
  
     Hedge priest, a poor, illiterate priest. --Shak.
  
     Hedge school, an open-air school in the shelter of a hedge,
        in Ireland; a school for rustics.
  
     Hedge sparrow (Zo["o]l.), a European warbler ({Accentor
        modularis) which frequents hedges. Its color is reddish
        brown, and ash; the wing coverts are tipped with white.
        Called also chanter, hedge warbler, dunnock, and
        doney.
  
     Hedge writer, an insignificant writer, or a writer of low,
        scurrilous stuff. [Obs.] --Swift.
  
     To breast up a hedge. See under Breast.
  
     To hang in the hedge, to be at a standstill. ``While the
        business of money hangs in the hedge.'' --Pepys.
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  Hedge \Hedge\, v. i.
     1. To shelter one's self from danger, risk, duty,
        responsibility, etc., as if by hiding in or behind a
        hedge; to skulk; to slink; to shirk obligations.
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              I myself sometimes, leaving the fear of God on the
              left hand and hiding mine honor in my necessity, am
              fain to shuffle, to hedge and to lurch. --Shak.
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     2. (Betting) To reduce the risk of a wager by making a bet
        against the side or chance one has bet on.
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     3. To use reservations and qualifications in one's speech so
        as to avoid committing one's self to anything definite.
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              The Heroic Stanzas read much more like an elaborate
              attempt to hedge between the parties than . . . to
              gain favor from the Roundheads.       --Saintsbury.
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  Hedge \Hedge\, n. [OE. hegge, AS. hecg; akin to haga an
     inclosure, E. haw, AS. hege hedge, E. haybote, D. hegge, OHG.
     hegga, G. hecke. [root]12. See Haw a hedge.]
     A thicket of bushes, usually thorn bushes; especially, such a
     thicket planted as a fence between any two portions of land;
     and also any sort of shrubbery, as evergreens, planted in a
     line or as a fence; particularly, such a thicket planted
     round a field to fence it, or in rows to separate the parts
     of a garden.
  
           The roughest berry on the rudest hedge.  --Shak.
  
           Through the verdant maze Of sweetbrier hedges I pursue
           my walk.                                 --Thomson.
  
     Note: Hedge, when used adjectively or in composition, often
           means rustic, outlandish, illiterate, poor, or mean;
           as, hedge priest; hedgeborn, etc.
  
     Hedge bells, Hedge bindweed (Bot.), a climbing plant
        related to the morning-glory ({Convolvulus sepium).
  
     Hedge bill, a long-handled billhook.
  
     Hedge garlic (Bot.), a plant of the genus Alliaria. See
        Garlic mustard, under Garlic.
  
     Hedge hyssop (Bot.), a bitter herb of the genus Gratiola,
        the leaves of which are emetic and purgative.
  
     Hedge marriage, a secret or clandestine marriage,
        especially one performed by a hedge priest. [Eng.]
  
     Hedge mustard (Bot.), a plant of the genus Sisymbrium,
        belonging to the Mustard family.
  
     Hedge nettle (Bot.), an herb, or under shrub, of the genus
        Stachys, belonging to the Mint family. It has a
        nettlelike appearance, though quite harmless.
  
     Hedge note.
     (a) The note of a hedge bird.
     (b) Low, contemptible writing. [Obs.] --Dryden.
  
     Hedge priest, a poor, illiterate priest. --Shak.
  
     Hedge school, an open-air school in the shelter of a hedge,
        in Ireland; a school for rustics.
  
     Hedge sparrow (Zo["o]l.), a European warbler ({Accentor
        modularis) which frequents hedges. Its color is reddish
        brown, and ash; the wing coverts are tipped with white.
        Called also chanter, hedge warbler, dunnock, and
        doney.
  
     Hedge writer, an insignificant writer, or a writer of low,
        scurrilous stuff. [Obs.] --Swift.
  
     To breast up a hedge. See under Breast.
  
     To hang in the hedge, to be at a standstill. ``While the
        business of money hangs in the hedge.'' --Pepys.

  Hedge \Hedge\, v. i.
     1. To shelter one's self from danger, risk, duty,
        responsibility, etc., as if by hiding in or behind a
        hedge; to skulk; to slink; to shirk obligations.
  
              I myself sometimes, leaving the fear of God on the
              left hand and hiding mine honor in my necessity, am
              fain to shuffle, to hedge and to lurch. --Shak.
  
     2. (Betting) To reduce the risk of a wager by making a bet
        against the side or chance one has bet on.
  
     3. To use reservations and qualifications in one's speech so
        as to avoid committing one's self to anything definite.
  
              The Heroic Stanzas read much more like an elaborate
              attempt to hedge between the parties than . . . to
              gain favor from the Roundheads.       --Saintsbury.

  Hedge \Hedge\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hedged; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Hedging.]
     1. To inclose or separate with a hedge; to fence with a
        thickly set line or thicket of shrubs or small trees; as,
        to hedge a field or garden.
  
     2. To obstruct, as a road, with a barrier; to hinder from
        progress or success; -- sometimes with up and out.
  
              I will hedge up thy way with thorns.  --Hos. ii. 6.
  
              Lollius Urbius . . . drew another wall . . . to
              hedge out incursions from the north.  --Milton.
  
     3. To surround for defense; to guard; to protect; to hem
        (in). ``England, hedged in with the main.'' --Shak.
  
     4. To surround so as to prevent escape.
  
              That is a law to hedge in the cuckoo. --Locke.
  
     To hedge a bet, to bet upon both sides; that is, after
        having bet on one side, to bet also on the other, thus
        guarding against loss.

  hedge
       n 1: a fence formed by a row of closely planted shrubs or bushes
            [syn: hedgerow]
       2: any technique designed to reduce or eliminate financial
          risk; for example, taking two positions that will offset
          each other if prices change [syn: hedging]
       3: an intentionally noncommittal or ambiguous statement; "when
          you say `maybe' you are just hedging" [syn: hedging]
       v 1: 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"
            [syn: fudge, evade, put off, circumvent, parry,
             elude, skirt, dodge, duck, sidestep]
       2: hinder or restrict with or as if with a hedge; "The animals
          were hedged in"
       3: enclose or bound in with or as it with a hedge or hedges;
          "hedge the property" [syn: hedge in]
       4: minimize loss or risk; "diversify your financial portfolio
          to hedge price risks"; "hedge your bets"

  hedge
     Αγγλικά n.
     1 θάμνος που δρα ως φράχτης
     2 ασφάλιστρο κινδύνου

  hedge
     n.
     1 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.
     2 A barrier (often consisting of a line of persons or objects) to
  protect someone or something from harm.
     3 (lb en UK West Country mainly Devon and Cornwall) A mound of earth,
  stone- or turf-faced, often topped with bushes, used as a fence between
  any two portions of land.
     4 (senseid en pragmatics) (lb en pragmatics) A non-committal or
  intentionally ambiguous statement.
     5 (lb en finance) Contract or arrangement reducing one's exposure to
  risk (for example the risk of price movements or interest rate
  movements).
     6 (lb en UK Ireland noun adjunct) Used attributively, with figurative
  indication of a person's upbringing, or professional activities, taking
  place by the side of the road; third-rate.
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To enclose with a hedge or hedges.
     2 (lb en transitive) To obstruct or surround.
     3 (lb en transitive finance) To offset the risk associated with.
     4 (lb en ambitransitive) To avoid verbal commitment.
     5 (lb en intransitive) To construct or repair a hedge.
     6 (lb en intransitive finance) To reduce one's exposure to risk.

  Hedge
     n.
     (surname: en).

  hedge
     n.
     1 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.
     2 A barrier (often consisting of a line of persons or objects) to
  protect someone or something from harm.
     3 (lb en UK West Country mainly Devon and Cornwall) A mound of earth,
  stone- or turf-faced, often topped with bushes, used as a fence between
  any two portions of land.
     4 (senseid en pragmatics) (lb en pragmatics) A non-committal or
  intentionally ambiguous statement.
     5 (lb en finance) Contract or arrangement reducing one's exposure to
  risk (for example the risk of price movements or interest rate
  movements).
     6 (lb en UK Ireland noun adjunct) Used attributively, with figurative
  indication of a person's upbringing, or professional activities, taking
  place by the side of the road; third-rate.
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To enclose with a hedge or hedges.
     2 (lb en transitive) To obstruct or surround.
     3 (lb en transitive finance) To offset the risk associated with.
     4 (lb en ambitransitive) To avoid verbal commitment.
     5 (lb en intransitive) To construct or repair a hedge.
     6 (lb en intransitive finance) To reduce one's exposure to risk.

  Hedge
     n.
     (surname: en).

  hedge
     n.
     1 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.
     2 A barrier (often consisting of a line of persons or objects) to
  protect someone or something from harm.
     3 (lb en UK West Country mainly Devon and Cornwall) A mound of earth,
  stone- or turf-faced, often topped with bushes, used as a fence between
  any two portions of land.
     4 (senseid en pragmatics) (lb en pragmatics) A non-committal or
  intentionally ambiguous statement.
     5 (lb en finance) Contract or arrangement reducing one's exposure to
  risk (for example the risk of price movements or interest rate
  movements).
     6 (lb en UK Ireland noun adjunct) Used attributively, with figurative
  indication of a person's upbringing, or professional activities, taking
  place by the side of the road; third-rate.
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To enclose with a hedge or hedges.
     2 (lb en transitive) To obstruct or surround.
     3 (lb en transitive finance) To offset the risk associated with.
     4 (lb en ambitransitive) To avoid verbal commitment.
     5 (lb en intransitive) To construct or repair a hedge.
     6 (lb en intransitive finance) To reduce one's exposure to risk.

  Hedge
     n.
     (surname: en).

  hedge
     n.
     1 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.
     2 A barrier (often consisting of a line of persons or objects) to
  protect someone or something from harm.
     3 (lb en UK West Country mainly Devon and Cornwall) A mound of earth,
  stone- or turf-faced, often topped with bushes, used as a fence between
  any two portions of land.
     4 (senseid en pragmatics) (lb en pragmatics) A non-committal or
  intentionally ambiguous statement.
     5 (lb en finance) Contract or arrangement reducing one's exposure to
  risk (for example the risk of price movements or interest rate
  movements).
     6 (lb en UK Ireland noun adjunct) Used attributively, with figurative
  indication of a person's upbringing, or professional activities, taking
  place by the side of the road; third-rate.
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To enclose with a hedge or hedges.
     2 (lb en transitive) To obstruct or surround.
     3 (lb en transitive finance) To offset the risk associated with.
     4 (lb en ambitransitive) To avoid verbal commitment.
     5 (lb en intransitive) To construct or repair a hedge.
     6 (lb en intransitive finance) To reduce one's exposure to risk.

  Hedge
     n.
     (surname: en).

  hedge
     Englanti n.
     1 pensasaita
     2 (yhteys kielitiede pragmatiikka k=en) sana tai muu keino joka
  ilmaisee epäröintiä tai varauksellisuutta
     Englanti vb.
     aidata (pensasaidalla)

  hedge
     Anglisht n.
     gardh

  Hedge /hˈɛdʒ/
  السياج

  hedge //hɛd͡ʒ// 
  жив плет
  thicket of bushes planted in a row

  hedge //hɛd͡ʒ// 
  1. извъртам, усуквам
  to avoid verbal commitment
  2. ограждам
  to enclose with hedge
  3. преграждам
  to obstruct with hedge

  hedge /hˈɛdʒ/ 
  živý plot

  hedge /hˈɛdʒ/
  křoví

  hedge /hˈɛdʒ/ 
  bariéra

  hedge /hˈɛdʒ/ 
  překážka

  hedge /hˈɛdʒ/
   [eko] ochrana, bariéra, hráz

  hedge /hˈɛdʒ/
  zeď

  hedge /hˈɛdʒ/ 
  gwrych 

  hedge /hˈɛdʒ/ 
  clawdd 

  hedge /hˈɛdʒ/
  Absicherungsmaßnahme , Absicherung  [fin.]
           Note: gegen Finanzrisiken
   see: long hedge, shot hedge
  
           Note: against financial risks

  hedge /hˈɛdʒ/ 
  ein Deckungsgeschäft abschließen, decken, absichern  [fin.]
           Note: Börse
   see: hedging, hedged, hedging company
  
           Note: stock exchange

  hedge /hˈɛdʒ/
  Hecke  [agr.]
        "hedge of thorns"  - Dornenhecke
        "clipping of hedges"  - Rückschnitt von Hecken, Heckenschnitt
        "trimming of hedges"  - Rückschnitt von Hecken, Heckenschnitt
        "shearing of hedges"  - Rückschnitt von Hecken, Heckenschnitt
        "give a hedge a clip"  - eine Hecke schneiden, eine Hecke scheren
        "prune a hedge"  - eine Hecke schneiden, eine Hecke scheren
        "trim a hedge"  - eine Hecke schneiden, eine Hecke scheren
        "A hedge between keeps friendship green."  - Eine Hecke zum Nachbarn erhält die Freundschaft.
   see: hedges, horn hedge, pleached hedge, privet hedge, unclipped hedge, untrimmed hedge, untrained hedge, clipped hedge, trimmed hedge, privacy hedge, screen hedge
  

  hedge /hˈɛdʒ/
  Kurssicherung  [fin.]
           Note: Börse
        "hedge agaist balance sheet positions"  - Kurssicherung gegen Währungsumrechnungspositionen
     Synonyms: hedging, cover, covering, coverage
  
   see: spot hedge
  

  hedge /hˈɛdʒ/ 
   [fig.] absichern 

  hedge /hˈɛdʒ/ 
  sich absichern  [fin.]
           Note: gegen ein Risiko, Kosten usw.
        "hedge a risk"  - ein Risiko abdecken
   see: hedging, hedged
  
           Note: against a risk, costs etc.

  hedge /hˈɛdʒ/ 
  herumreden
           Note: um etw., ausweichen ([+ dat]) , sich herumdrücken
           Note: um etw., sich nicht festlegen 
        "hedge around a subject"  - um ein Thema herumreden
        "He continues to hedge on whether …"  - Er lässt weiterhin offen, ob …
        "'That depends on the circumstances' she hedged."  - „Das hängt von den Umständen ab.“, sagte sie ausweichend.
        "She hedged her earlier statement/promise."  - Sie relativierte ihre frühere Aussage/Zusage.
     Synonym: hedge sth./on sth./around sth.
  
   see: hedging, hedged
  
           Note: around

  hedge /hˈɛdʒ/ 
  verklausulieren 
   see: hedging, hedged, in a roundabout way
  

  hedge /hˈɛdʒ/
  
  φράκτης

  hedge //hɛd͡ʒ// 
  1. suojamuuri
  barrier to protect someone or something from harm
  2. suojaus
  finance: contract or arrangement reducing exposure to risk
  3. valli
  mound of earth, used as a fence between any two portions of land
  4. pensasaita
  thicket of bushes planted in a row

  hedge //hɛd͡ʒ// 
  1. suojata 2.
  finance: to offset the risk associated with
   3.
  to reduce one's exposure to risk
  2. pyöritellä, tasapainoilla
  to avoid verbal commitment
  3. aidata, korjata aita
  to construct or repair a hedge
  4. aidata 2.
  to enclose with hedge
   3.
  to obstruct with hedge

  hedge /hedʒ/
  haie

  hedge /hˈɛdʒ/ 
  1. बाड
        "गड़रिये अपनी भेड़ों को रात में"hedge"बंद करके रखते हैं."

  hedge /hˈɛdʒ/
  zaštita, živa ograda, živica

  hedge /hˈɛdʒ/
  1. sorfal
  2. kordon
  3. sövény
  4. élôsövény
  5. sövénykerítés

  hedge //hɛd͡ʒ// 
  垣根, 生け垣
  thicket of bushes planted in a row

  hedge //hɛd͡ʒ// 
  ヘッジ
  finance: to offset the risk associated with

  hedge /hedʒ/
  1. haag, heg, steg

  hedge //hɛd͡ʒ// 
  hekk
  thicket of bushes planted in a row

  hedge /heʤ/
  I.    żywopłot
  II.   1.  wykręcać się (on - z)
   2.  [nieform]  hedge one's bets (hedge V: PROPOSS :bets)
   - ubezpieczać się, asekurować się

  hedge /hedʒ/ 
  cerca viva

  hedge /hedʒklipəz/
  cizallaparasetos, tijeraparasetos

  hedge /hedʒʃiəz/
  cizallaparasetos, tijeraparasetos

  hedge //hɛd͡ʒ// 
  häck
  thicket of bushes planted in a row

  hedge /hˈɛdʒ/
  1. (bahçe, tarla) etrafını çevirmek için dikilen ağaç veya çalı
  2. mania, engel
  3. her iki taraf için bahse girişme
  4. olasılı zararlara karşı tedbir
  5. etrafına çalı dikmek, çalı ile çevirmek
  6. kuşatmak, sarmak, ihata etmek
  7. çevirmek
  8. iki taraf için bahse girişmek
  9. olasılı zararlara karşı telâfi etmek için tedbir almak. hedgerow  ekilmiş çalı veya ağaçlardan yapılmış çit. hedge sparrow çit serçesi, (zool.) Prunella modularis.

  
/ˈhɛdʒ/

  210 Moby Thesaurus words for "hedge":
     abate, about the bush, adjust to, allowance, alter,
     around the bush, assuage, bar, beat about, beat around,
     beg the question, bicker, boggle, border line, bound, boundary,
     boundary condition, boundary line, bourn, box in, break boundary,
     breakoff point, bulkhead in, cage, calculation, canniness, care,
     careful consideration, carefulness, caution, cautiousness, cavil,
     ceiling, cession, choplogic, circumscribe, circumscription,
     circumspection, clear the decks, compass, concession, condition,
     confine, consider every angle, contain, coop, copyright, corral,
     cutoff, cutoff point, deadline, deliberate stages, deliberateness,
     deliberation, delimitation, determinant, diminish, discipline,
     discretion, division line, dodge, draw the line, duck, end,
     equivocate, evade, evade the issue, exception, exemption,
     extenuating circumstances, extremity, fence, finish, floor,
     forearm, frontier, gingerliness, grain of salt, grant,
     guard against, guardedness, hedge about, hedging, heed,
     heedfulness, hem, hem and haw, hesitation, high-water mark, immure,
     interface, judiciousness, leave out nothing, leaven, limen, limit,
     limitation, limiting factor, line, line of demarcation,
     low-water mark, lower limit, make sure, make sure against, march,
     mark, mental reservation, mete, mew, mindfulness, mitigate,
     moderate, modification, modify, modulate, mystify, narrow, nitpick,
     obscure, overlook no possibility, pale, palisade, palliate, palter,
     parry, patent, pawkiness, pen, pick nits, picket, play safe,
     prepare for, prevaricate, prior consultation, provide a hedge,
     provide against, provide for, prudence, prudentialness, pull away,
     pull back, pussyfoot, put off, qualification, qualify, quibble,
     rail, recoil, reduce, reef down, regardfulness, register,
     regulate by, reservation, restrain, restrict, restriction,
     safeness, safety first, salvo, scant, season, set conditions,
     set limits, sheer off, shift, shift off, shorten sail, shrink,
     shuffle, shy, shy away, shy off, sidestep, slowness to act, soften,
     solicitude, special case, special treatment, specialize,
     specialness, specification, split hairs, start, starting line,
     starting point, step aside, stint, straiten, swerve, take measures,
     take precautions, take steps, target date, temper, tentativeness,
     tergiversate, term, terminal date, terminus, thoroughness,
     threshold, time allotment, uncommunicativeness, unprecipitateness,
     upper limit, waiver, wall, ward off, weasel
  
  

  n. 树篱,障 碍;

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     vi. 筑树篱