Words that Rhyme with hedge
1 Syllable Words
dredge, edge, fledge, ledge, pledge, rehg, sedge, sege, sledge, wedge
2 Syllable Words
alldredge, allege, blackledge, cartledge, eldredge, ketchledge, straightedge, whitledge
3 Syllable Words
cumberledge
Definitions of hedge
n. 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.
v. t. 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.
v. t. To obstruct, as a road, with a barrier; to hinder from progress or success; -- sometimes with up and out.
v. t. To surround for defense; to guard; to protect; to hem (in).
v. t. To surround so as to prevent escape.
v. i. 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.
v. i. To reduce the risk of a wager by making a bet against the side or chance one has bet on.
v. i. To use reservations and qualifications in one's speech so as to avoid committing one's self to anything definite.