hedge

haie

Rangée d’arbustes qui sépare des terrains ou entoure un jardin.

En anglais simple : A row of bushes grown to divide land or surround a garden.

• A hedge surrounds our garden.
• Dad trimmed the hedge yesterday.
• Birds are nesting in the tall hedges beside the path.

Synonymes : hedgerow

Expressions courantes : garden hedge, trim a hedge, tall hedge, thick hedge

couverture

Placement ou accord qui réduit le risque de perdre de l’argent quand les prix changent.

En anglais simple : An investment or agreement that helps protect you from losing money when prices change.

• This contract provides a hedge against rising prices.
• The fund uses several hedges to limit losses.
• They need a better hedge against currency changes.

Comment l'utiliser : hedge against something (The company bought gold as a hedge against inflation.)

Synonymes : protection, safeguard

Expressions courantes : hedge against inflation, currency hedge, effective hedge

tergiverser, éluder

Éviter de donner une réponse claire ou de faire une promesse ferme.

En anglais simple : To avoid giving a clear answer or making a firm promise.

• Stop hedging and answer the question.
• He hedged when I asked about the cost.
• The minister hedged her promises with careful conditions.

Comment l'utiliser : hedge something with something (She hedged her answer with several qualifications.)

Synonymes : equivocate, evade

Expressions courantes : hedge an answer, hedge a statement, hedge with qualifications

entourer de haies

Entourer un terrain d’une rangée d’arbustes.

En anglais simple : To surround land with a row of bushes.

• They plan to hedge the field.
• We hedged the garden with hawthorn.
• The farmer had hedged every small pasture.

Comment l'utiliser : hedge something with something (They hedged the garden with thick evergreen bushes.)

Synonymes : enclose

Expressions courantes : hedge a field, hedge a garden, hedge with hawthorn

encercler, entourer, entraver

Entourer quelqu’un ou quelque chose, ou placer des obstacles autour pour limiter ses mouvements ou ses actions.

En anglais simple : To surround someone or something, or place things around them that prevent free movement or action.

• Thick bushes hedged the narrow path.
• Their freedom was hedged about with strict rules.
• The crowd hedged him in near the door.

Comment l'utiliser : hedge someone/something in (High walls hedged us in on every side.); hedge something with something (The agreement was hedged with restrictions.)

Synonymes : surround, hem in, obstruct

Expressions courantes : hedge someone in, hedge something about, hedge with restrictions