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"hedge":{
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"adverb",
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"intransitive verb",
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"noun",
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"verb"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a fence or boundary formed by a dense row of shrubs or low trees":[],
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": barrier , limit":[
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"pikemen \u2026 present a hedge of metal points from which any cavalry would flinch",
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"\u2014 Tom Wintringham",
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"regarded it as the main function of their existence to raise a hedge around the law",
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"\u2014 F. W. Farrar"
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],
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": a means of protection or defense (as against financial loss)":[
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"realization that common stocks are the best hedge against inflation",
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"\u2014 C. E. Merrill"
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],
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": a calculatedly noncommittal or evasive statement":[
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"bureaucratic literature \u2026 festooned with hedges and qualifications",
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"\u2014 Fortune"
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],
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": to enclose or protect with or as if with a dense row of shrubs or low trees : to enclose or protect with or as if with a hedge (see hedge entry 1 sense 1a ) : encircle":[
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"homes hedged with boxwoods"
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],
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": to confine so as to prevent freedom of movement or action : to obstruct with or as if with a barrier : hinder":[
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"hedged about by special regulations and statutes",
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"\u2014 Sandi Rosenbloom"
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],
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": to protect oneself from losing or failing by a counterbalancing action":[
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"hedge a bet"
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],
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": to plant, form, or trim a hedge":[],
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": to evade the risk of commitment especially by leaving open a way of retreat : trim":[
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"hedged on the issue"
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],
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": to protect oneself financially":[
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"\u2014 usually used with against in order to hedge against inflation \u2014 George Katona"
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],
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": such as":[
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"\u2014 usually used with against in order to hedge against inflation \u2014 George Katona"
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],
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": to buy or sell commodity futures (see future entry 2 sense 3 ) as a protection against loss due to price fluctuation":[],
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": to minimize the risk of a bet":[],
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": of, relating to, or designed for a hedge (see hedge entry 1 )":[
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"a hedge plant",
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"hedge selling on the commodity exchanges"
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],
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": born, living, or made alongside or as if alongside a dense row of shrubs or low trees : born, living, or made near or as if near hedges (see hedge entry 1 sense 1a ) : roadside":[
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"the services of a hedge parson",
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"a hedge wedding"
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],
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": inferior sense 1":[
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"a hedge tavern"
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]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8hej"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"barricade",
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"barrier",
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"fence",
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"wall"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"equivocate",
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"fudge",
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"pussyfoot",
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"tergiversate",
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"waffle",
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"weasel"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[
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"Noun",
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"the messenger was confronted with a hedge of spears held aloft by the castle guards",
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"Verb",
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"The garden is hedged by flowering shrubs.",
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"She hedged when she was asked to support the campaign.",
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"He hedged his earlier comments about the need for new management.",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
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"Tether denies the rumors, but that has not stopped hedge funds who are shorting the Tether to express their concerns that this is the case. \u2014 Hersh Shefrin, Forbes , 1 July 2022",
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"After the initial economic shock at the outset of the pandemic, an investment frenzy in SPACs took off, drawing in hedge funds and retail investors scrambling for the next moneymaker amid the financial chaos spawned by the public health crisis. \u2014 Aaron Gregg, Washington Post , 27 June 2022",
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"The wealthiest man in Illinois, Griffin founded Citadel in 1990 and built it into one of the largest hedge funds in the world. \u2014 Robert Channick, Chicago Tribune , 23 June 2022",
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"Billionaire Jim Simons is one of the founders of Renaissance Technologies, one of the premier hedge funds known for high-frequency trading. \u2014 Jeff Ernsthausen, ProPublica , 21 June 2022",
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"Originally, it was seen as a two-man brawl between Dr. Mehmet Oz, the television personality who won former President Trump\u2019s endorsement, and David McCormick, a wealthy hedge funder with his own extensive ties to Trumpworld. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 17 May 2022",
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"The manse is being sold by billionaire Swedish hedge funder Thomas Sandell and his wife Ximena. \u2014 Demetrius Simms, Robb Report , 2 May 2022",
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"The building still holds the record for the most expensive home ever sold in America; the record was set in 2019 when hedge funder Ken Griffin paid about $238 million for an apartment there, The Wall Street Journal reported. \u2014 Katherine Clarke, WSJ , 13 Jan. 2022",
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"Mike Novogratz, the hedge -funder-turned-crypto-fanatic, wants to turn tattoos into NFTs. \u2014 Declan Harty, Fortune , 14 Oct. 2021",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
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"And cryptocurrencies came crashing down, saddling individual investors and hedge funds alike with steep losses. \u2014 Akane Otani, WSJ , 30 June 2022",
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"For example, this level of transparency is a complete juxtaposition to hedge funds that currently deploy high-frequency trading for approximately 50% to 70% of the stock market\u2019s total volume. \u2014 Jonathan Stone, Forbes , 8 June 2022",
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"In the first quarter of this year, institutional investors allocated the largest amount of new capital to hedge funds since 2015, according to HFR. \u2014 Allison Morrow, CNN , 31 May 2022",
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"Bennett wouldn\u2019t hedge a guess as to which seed the Gaels will receive. \u2014 Steve Kroner, San Francisco Chronicle , 8 Mar. 2022",
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"But just to be on the safe side, don\u2019t hedge your bets when voting. \u2014 Glenn Whipp, Los Angeles Times , 23 Feb. 2022",
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"But Redbox has also been a target of short sellers, investors (particularly hedge funds) who bet that a stock will go down. \u2014 Paul R. La Monica, CNN , 23 June 2022",
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"To hedge the risk that prices might fall, some farmers take an offsetting short position in corn futures\u2014a contract that pays off if prices fall. \u2014 M. Todd Henderson, WSJ , 15 June 2022",
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"Traders have been piling into Treasuries and selling stocks as tension escalates near Ukraine\u2019s border, with investors trying to hedge investments and map out possible scenarios. \u2014 Emily Barrett, Fortune , 22 Feb. 2022",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
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"Resembles a hedge trimmer':A man visiting Florida wanted to catch a shark. \u2014 Brian Broom, USA TODAY , 13 Apr. 2022",
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"Traditional venture firms have been raising new funds quickly, while hedge funds and private-equity investors have moved into the market. \u2014 Eliot Brown, WSJ , 2 Jan. 2022",
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"Essentially, a coordinated group of retail traders grew upset at how hedge funds make money by betting that struggling companies' stocks will decline in value. \u2014 Nathan Bomey, USA TODAY , 2 June 2021",
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"Anthony Scaramucci\u2019s SkyBridge Capital, which invests billions in hedge funds for wealthy individual clients, has created special-purpose vehicles dedicated to investments in private companies. \u2014 Juliet Chung, WSJ , 19 May 2021",
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"The filing, a quarterly rundown of holdings required of hedge funds of a certain size, said the position was worth $534 million -- an amount likely derived by multiplying Tesla\u2019s share price on March 31 by the number of shares Scion bet against. \u2014 Jeremy Herron, Fortune , 18 May 2021",
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"Its investments, which include holdings in mutual and hedge funds, increased to $635.3 million in 2020, up from $187.8 million in 2010. \u2014 R.t. Watson, WSJ , 21 Apr. 2021",
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"There isn\u2019t the appetite for public offerings due to fewer dedicated energy mutual and hedge funds and commodity price uncertainties due to lower demand. \u2014 Dan Eberhart, Forbes , 15 Apr. 2021",
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"Many wind farm operators, which needed to purchase electricity because of hedge contracts, are in financial distress. \u2014 Russell Gold, WSJ , 5 Mar. 2021"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle English hegge, heyg \"fence formed by a row of shrubs, bush, underbrush,\" going back to Old English *hecg \"fence formed by shrubs, boundary fence,\" attested in dative hegge, hecge (also Old English hecge, weak feminine noun, in same sense), going back to Germanic *hagj\u014d (whence also Middle Dutch hegghe \"hedge,\" Old High German hegga \"palisade,\" Middle High German hegge, hecke \"hedge\"), derivative of a base *hag- \"enclosure formed by shrubs\" \u2014 more at haw entry 1":"Noun",
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"Middle English heggen, hedgyn \"to make a hedge, fence in with a hedge,\" derivative of hegge, heyg hedge entry 1":"Verb",
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"from attributive use of hedge entry 1":"Adjective"
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":"Verb",
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adjective"
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-113817"
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},
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"hedge fund":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": an investing group usually in the form of a limited partnership that employs speculative techniques in the hope of obtaining large capital gains":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Bunny already has a replacement, as hedge fund manager Nina introduces herself and announces her presidency during her predecessor's wake. \u2014 Quinci Legardye, Harper's BAZAAR , 29 June 2022",
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"Billionaire hedge fund manager Ken Griffin is moving his company\u2019s headquarters from Chicago to Miami. \u2014 Robert Channick, Chicago Tribune , 23 June 2022",
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"Winning bids across the years have come from financial figures like hedge fund manager David Einhorn. \u2014 Max Reyes, Fortune , 18 June 2022",
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"Middleton and husband James Matthews, a 46-year-old hedge fund manager, welcomed son Arthur in October 2018 and daughter Grace in March 2021. \u2014 al , 6 June 2022",
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"James is a hedge fund manager, the chief executive of Eden Rock Capital Management Group, and a former professional racing driver. \u2014 Emily Burack, Town & Country , 6 June 2022",
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"Celebrity doctor Mehmet Oz, backed by former President Donald Trump, leads former hedge fund manager David McCormick by 902 votes, or 0.1 percentage points. \u2014 Harold Maass, The Week , 26 May 2022",
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"Former hedge fund manager David McCormick filed a lawsuit Monday pushing officials to count mail ballots that were missing dates on the envelopes, as his primary against celebrity doctor Mehmet Oz remains too close to call. \u2014 Ben Kamisar, NBC News , 24 May 2022",
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"The 64-year-old hedge fund manager moved to Baltimore at age 6 and lived a few blocks from the race track. \u2014 Ryan Mcfadden, Baltimore Sun , 20 May 2022"
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"1966, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-114125",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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"hedge garlic":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": garlic mustard":[]
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-125224",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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},
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"hedgehog":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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"definitions":{
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": any of a subfamily (Erinaceinae) of Eurasian and African nocturnal insectivores that have both hair and spines which they present outwardly by rolling themselves up when threatened":[],
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": any of several spiny mammals (such as a porcupine)":[],
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": a military defensive obstacle (as of barbed wire)":[],
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": a well-fortified military stronghold":[]
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"pronounciation":[
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"-\u02cch\u00e4g",
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"\u02c8hej-\u02cch\u022fg"
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"The blue hedgehog is voiced by Emmy-winning writer, actor and comedian Ben Schwartz \u2014 who is sharing his road to stardom with CBS News. \u2014 Anthony Mason, CBS News , 6 May 2022",
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"Knuckles is on his own urgent mission to find the same gotta-go-fast hedgehog as Robotnik. \u2014 Sam Machkovech, Ars Technica , 6 Apr. 2022",
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"The first film devoted too much time to Sonic's backstory, which connected our heroic hedgehog to a race of magical owls on a planet far from Earth. \u2014 Sam Machkovech, Ars Technica , 6 Apr. 2022",
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"To take full advantage of the opportunity Mr. Putin has offered, Mr. Biden must get in touch with his inner hedgehog and focus his foreign policy on one thing and one thing only: making Mr. Putin pay. \u2014 Walter Russell Mead, WSJ , 17 Mar. 2022",
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"Many people brought pets to the station, including a hedgehog . \u2014 New York Times , 18 Mar. 2022",
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"Tao is short, with a high forehead and a spiky hairline that give him the cautiously inquisitive appearance of a hedgehog . \u2014 The New Yorker , 14 Mar. 2022",
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"Guests can meet two-toed sloths, a green iguana, a red-footed tortoise, a four-toed hedgehog and other animals during live presentations throughout the day. \u2014 Kimi Robinson, The Arizona Republic , 31 Jan. 2022",
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"Seventeen were known zoo species, while the rest were non-zoo animals nearby, such as the Eurasian hedgehog , which is endangered in the UK. \u2014 Doug Johnson, Ars Technica , 6 Jan. 2022"
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"Middle English heyghoge, from heyg, hegge hedge entry 1 + hoge, hogge hog entry 1":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-141617"
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": any of several cacti with stout sharp spines: such as":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-152341"
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": the hairy larva of certain moths \u2014 compare woolly bear":[]
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-060427"
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"hedge mustard":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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"definitions":{},
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-094753"
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"hedge bird":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": vagrant , vagabond":[]
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"synonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-102128"
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},
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"hedge mushroom":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": horse mushroom":[],
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": meadow mushroom":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-112114"
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},
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"hedge sparrow":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a common European bird ( Prunella modularis synonym Accentor modularis ) that resembles a thrush, frequents hedges, and is reddish brown and ashen gray with the wing coverts tipped with white":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-115724"
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},
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"hederin":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a crystalline antibiotic glycoside C 41 H 64 O 11 active against fungi and bacteria that is found especially in ivy":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8hed\u0259r\u0259\u0307n"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"International Scientific Vocabulary heder- (from New Latin Hedera , genus name of Hedera helix ) + -in":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-120534"
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},
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"hedge school":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a school held out of doors especially in Ireland":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"so called from the fact that in 17th and 18th century Ireland schools were held outside in out-of-the-way places to evade the law on Catholic education":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-130156"
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},
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"hederagenin":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a crystalline triterpenoid saponin C 30 H 48 O 4 obtained by hydrolysis of hederin and other saponins (as from soap nuts)":[]
|
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},
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02cched\u0259r\u0259\u02c8jen\u0259\u0307n",
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"\u02cched\u0259\u02c8raj\u0259n\u0259\u0307n",
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"-\u02ccn\u0113n"
|
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],
|
||
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"International Scientific Vocabulary hedera- (from New Latin Hedera ) + -gen + -in":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-145355"
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},
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"hedge cactus":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
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": a columnar, much-branched, South American cactus ( Cereus hildmannianus synonym C. peruvianus ) that has large white flowers and is widely grown for hedges in the tropics":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
|
||
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-154033"
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},
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"hedge one's bets":{
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||
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"type":[
|
||
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"idiom"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": to do things that will prevent great loss or failure if future events do not happen as one plans or hopes":[
|
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"They decided to hedge their bets by putting half their money in stocks and the other half in bonds."
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]
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
|
||
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"synonyms":[],
|
||
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"antonyms":[],
|
||
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-162630"
|
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},
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||
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"hedge nettle":{
|
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"type":[
|
||
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"noun"
|
||
|
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],
|
||
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"definitions":{
|
||
|
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": a plant of the genus Stachys: such as":[],
|
||
|
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": a perennial shade-loving Eurasian herb ( S. sylvatica ) with a green creeping rhizome having a foul odor when crushed":[],
|
||
|
|
": a similar plant ( S. palustris ) with an odorless rhizome that is widespread in moist places in most of the northern hemisphere":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
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"pronounciation":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
||
|
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"examples":[],
|
||
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
||
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
||
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-181606"
|
||
|
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},
|
||
|
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"hedge maple":{
|
||
|
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"type":[
|
||
|
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"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
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"definitions":{
|
||
|
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": a common low-growing Asiatic tree ( Acer campestre ) sometimes used as a hedge":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
||
|
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"examples":[],
|
||
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
||
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-182404"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"hedge accentor":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":{
|
||
|
|
": hedge sparrow":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-184450"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
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"hedgeless":{
|
||
|
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"type":[
|
||
|
|
"adjective"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
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"definitions":{
|
||
|
|
": having no hedges":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8hejl\u0259\u0307s"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-185648"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"hedgehog fruit":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":{
|
||
|
|
": the prickly fruit of a maiden's-blush ( Echinocarpus australis )":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-205158"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"hedeoma":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":{
|
||
|
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": a small genus of American herbs (family Labiatae) having small flowers in axillary clusters and with bilabiate corolla and two stamens \u2014 see pennyroyal sense 2":[],
|
||
|
|
": any plant of the genus Hedeoma":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02cched\u0113\u02c8\u014dm\u0259",
|
||
|
|
"\u02cch\u0113d-"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
||
|
|
"New Latin, probably irregular from Greek h\u0113dys sweet + osm\u0113 smell; from the fragrant blossoms":""
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-223351"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
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"hedge around/about":{
|
||
|
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"type":[
|
||
|
|
"idiom"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":{
|
||
|
|
": to limit or restrict (something)":[
|
||
|
|
"\u2014 usually used as (be) hedged \u2014 usually + with or by Their offer is so hedged around with conditions that it hardly seems worthwhile. a rule that is hedged about by exceptions"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
||
|
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"examples":[],
|
||
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
||
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
||
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-224641"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
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"hedge in":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"phrasal verb"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":{
|
||
|
|
": to form a boundary around (something)":[
|
||
|
|
"a field hedged in by trees"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
": to surround or restrict (someone) in a way that prevents free movement or action":[
|
||
|
|
"We have been hedged in by their rules and regulations."
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
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"pronounciation":[],
|
||
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"synonyms":[],
|
||
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"antonyms":[],
|
||
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
||
|
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"examples":[],
|
||
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
||
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"first_known_use":{},
|
||
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-224814"
|
||
|
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},
|
||
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"hedgerow":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":{
|
||
|
|
": a row of shrubs or trees enclosing or separating fields":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8hej-\u02ccr\u014d"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
||
|
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"Brilliant, eclectic and electric aromas of hedgerow , black cherries, raspberries and strawberries. \u2014 Tom Mullen, Forbes , 22 May 2022",
|
||
|
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"Muscle Shoals, there was a bustle in your hedgerow Tuesday. \u2014 Matt Wake | Mwake@al.com, al , 18 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"That\u2019s one way to clear out any of those pesky bustles in your hedgerow . \u2014 Stephen L. Betts, Rolling Stone , 4 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Treetop or other hedgerow pruning and overhead irrigation are not advised where the disease is a problem. \u2014 oregonlive , 8 Jan. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Some are simple, such as a park bench in a simulated hedgerow maze and a whimsical wall of flowers behind a bathtub. \u2014 Shannon Sutlief, Dallas News , 19 May 2021",
|
||
|
|
"Find a tree, hedgerow , even a piece of farm equipment to break up your outline. \u2014 Joe Genzel, Outdoor Life , 6 Jan. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"The poem opens with the lines, This lonely hill was always dear to me/ and this hedgerow , which cuts off the view/ of so much of the last horizon. \u2014 Bernhard Warner, Fortune , 15 June 2020",
|
||
|
|
"On warm summer evenings, the fields and hedgerows hum with new insect life. \u2014 Christopher Preston, The Atlantic , 9 Apr. 2020"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
||
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
||
|
|
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above":""
|
||
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},
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||
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-014949"
|
||
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}
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||
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}
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