different between hedge vs flinch
hedge
English
Pronunciation
- enPR: h?j, IPA(key): /h?d?/
- Rhymes: -?d?
Etymology 1
From Middle English hegge, from Old English he??, from Proto-West Germanic *haggju, from Proto-Germanic *hagj?, from Proto-Indo-European *kag?yóm. Cognate with Dutch heg, German Hecke. Doublet of quay. More at haw.
Noun
hedge (plural hedges)
- 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.
- A barrier (often consisting of a line of persons or objects) to protect someone or something from harm.
- 1611, King James Version, Job 1:9–10:
- Then Satan answered the Lord, and said, Doth Job fear God for nought? Hast not thou made an hedge about him, and about his house, and about all that he hath on every side? thou hast blessed the work of his hands, and his substance is increased in the land.
- 1611, King James Version, Job 1:9–10:
- (Britain, West Country, chiefly 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.
- (pragmatics) A non-committal or intentionally ambiguous statement.
- Coordinate term: weasel word
- (finance) Contract or arrangement reducing one's exposure to risk (for example the risk of price movements or interest rate movements).
- (Britain, 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.
- 1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, Folio Society 1973, p.639:
- He then traced them from place to place, till at last he found two of them drinking together, with a third person, at a hedge-tavern near Aldersgate.
- 1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, Folio Society 1973, p.639:
Derived terms
Translations
Etymology 2
From Middle English heggen, from the noun (see above).
Verb
hedge (third-person singular simple present hedges, present participle hedging, simple past and past participle hedged)
- (transitive) To enclose with a hedge or hedges.
- (transitive) To obstruct or surround.
- 1769, King James Bible, Hosea 2.6
- Therefore, behold, I will hedge up thy way with thorns, and make a wall, that she shall not find her paths.
- 1670, John Milton, The History of Britain
- Lollius Urbius […] drew another wall […] to hedge out incursions from the north.
- 1769, King James Bible, Hosea 2.6
- (transitive, finance) To offset the risk associated with.
- (transitive, intransitive) To avoid verbal commitment.
- (intransitive) To construct or repair a hedge.
- (intransitive, finance) To reduce one's exposure to risk.
Derived terms
Translations
Further reading
- hedge on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Hedge on investopedia.com
Anagrams
- Ghede, Hegde
Middle English
Noun
hedge
- Alternative form of hegge
hedge From the web:
- what hedge fund
- what hedgehogs eat
- what hedge funds are buying
- what hedge fund is shorting amc
- what hedge funds really do pdf
- what hedge funds do
- what hedge means
flinch
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fl?nt?/
- Rhymes: -?nt?
Etymology 1
From Middle French flenchir (“to bend”), of Germanic origin. Compare Middle High German lenken (“to bend”). Attested in English since the 16th century.
Noun
flinch (plural flinches)
- A reflexive jerking away.
- My eye doctor hates the flinch I have every time he tries to get near my eyes.
- (croquet) The slipping of the foot from a ball, when attempting to give a tight croquet.
Translations
See also
- (reflexive jerking away): cringe
Verb
flinch (third-person singular simple present flinches, present participle flinching, simple past and past participle flinched)
- (intransitive) To make a sudden, involuntary movement in response to a (usually negative) stimulus; to cringe.
- 1693 John Locke, Some Thoughts Concerning Education:
- A child, by a constant course of kindness, may be accustomed to bear very rough usage without flinching or complaining.
- 1693 John Locke, Some Thoughts Concerning Education:
- To dodge (a question), to avoid an unpleasant task or duty
- (croquet) To let the foot slip from a ball, when attempting to give a tight croquet.
Translations
References
- “flinch” in the Collins English Dictionary
- “flinch”, in Merriam–Webster Online Dictionary, (Please provide a date or year).
Etymology 2
Verb
flinch (third-person singular simple present flinches, present participle flinching, simple past and past participle flinched)
- Alternative form of flense
References
- “flinch” in the Collins English Dictionary
flinch From the web:
- what flinch means
- what's flinch resistance
- what flinch means in spanish
- what flinchy means
- flinch in english meaning
- flinch what does this mean
- what is flinch resistance cold war
- what is flinch in cod
you may also like
- hedge vs flinch
- flinch vs yield
- destructuration vs restructuration
- structure vs destructuration
- defying vs breaking
- defying vs challenging
- defying vs deifying
- defying vs denying
- rebellion vs defying
- obstinate vs defying
- nett vs res
- earn vs nett
- nett vs nominal
- aett vs nett
- sett vs nett
- nett vs neat
- nett vs newt
- yeild vs production
- output vs yeild
- field vs yeild